Flashcards in Upper limb arthritis Deck (20):
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What is a mucous cyst?
outpouching of synovial fluid from the DIP joint
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What re the features of a mucous cyst?
may be painful; may fluctuate/discharge; may deform nail, cause ridge
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What is the management for a mucous cyst?
may be left alone/ excision
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What are ganglions?
outpouchings of synovial cavity
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Where are ganglions more common?
where there is a high conc. of synovial joints eg wrist
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What fills ganglions?
synovial fluid
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What are the features of a ganglion?
usually painless, but may feel tight
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What is the managemnt for a ganglion?
benign neglect; aspiration; excision
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What do the flexor tendons run within in the finer?
flexor tendon sheath
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What happens when there is swelling in a tendon?
the tendon can get caught on the pulleys
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What is trigger finer
when there is pain over A1 pulley at the MC head and the finger gets stuck (usually in flexion)
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Why does the finger usually get stuck in flexion
because tendon is going back through the pulley and gets stuck on the pulley edge
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How can you distinguish trigger finger from Dupuytren's?
trigger finger is painful and doesnt have the thickening of the fascia
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What is the management for trigger finger?
often resolves spontaneously; splint to prevent flexion; tendon sheath steroid injection; cna have surgery to divide the pulley
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What is deQuervains tenosynovitis?
tenosynovitis of the 2 tendon sheaths that are involved with movement of the humb- extensors compartment. entrapment tendinitis
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How does deQuervains present?
spontaneous; painful; swollen/red
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What is Finklesteins test?
when patient puts thumb in fist and pull forward and down-very sore if have deQuervains
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Why is Finklesteins often a little bit sore in everyone?
pulls on the superficial branch of the radial nerve
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What is the management for deQuervains?
NSAIDs; splint; rest; steoird injection; surgery-decompression
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