MSK buzzwords Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
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Pencil-in-cup x-ray appearance, sausage fingers

A

Psoriatic arthritis

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2
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Wrist drop

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Radial nerve palsy

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3
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Dinner fork/swans neck deformity

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Displaced Colles fracture

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4
Q

Pain in anatomical snuffbox

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Scaphoid fracture

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5
Q

“Walking on pebbles”

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Advanced RA, subluxation of metatarsophalangeal joints

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6
Q

Reiters syndrome triad

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Arthritis
Uveitis
Urethritis
“can’t see, can’t pee, can’t bend the knee”

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7
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Foot drop

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Common fibular nerve

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8
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Fractures susceptible to AVN

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Proximal scaphoid
Intracapsular femoral
Femoral condyles
Humeral head
Capitellum
Proximal talus
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9
Q

Hanging rope sign

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AVN

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10
Q

Negatively birefringent, needle shaped crystals

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Gout

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11
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Positively birefringent, rhomboid shaped crystals

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Pseudogout

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12
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Positive anterior drawer test

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ACL tear/rupture

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13
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Pain on internal rotation and extension of knee at 90 degrees

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Lateral meniscal tear

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14
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Painful arc on abduction

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Damaged supraspinatus tendon
Frozen shoulder
Impingement

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15
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Difficulty with external rotation

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Frozen shoulder

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16
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Dry eyes, skin, mouth, positive schirmers test

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Sjogrens syndrome

17
Q

Dry eyes, mouth, vagina, bronchitis

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Sicca syndrome

18
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Bamboo spine, question mark posture

19
Q

Shortened leg, externally rotated

A

Displaced neck of femur fracture

20
Q

Shortened leg, internally rotated

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Dislocated femoral head

21
Q

Locked knee

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Bucket handle meniscal tear

22
Q

Onion peel sign

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Ewings sarcoma

23
Q

Sunray spiculation

24
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Popcorn calcification

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Chondrosarcoma

25
Soap bubble appearance
Giant cell tumour
26
Scalp tenderness and jaw claudication
Temporal arteritis
27
Gower's sign positive
Duchenne's
28
Swollen, "woody" calves
Duchenne's or Becker's
29
Hatchet like face
Myotonic dystrophy
30
Rosary bead sign
Polyarteritis nodosa
31
Light bulb sign
Posterior shoulder dislocation
32
Shepherds crook deformity
Fibrous dysplasia