MSK Buzzwords Flashcards by Michael Staunton

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“Pencil-in cup deformity” on X-ray

A

Psoriatic arthritis

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Wrist drop

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Radial nerve palsy

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“Dinner fork/ Swan neck” deformity in wrist

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Displaced Colle’s fracture

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Pain/tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox

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Scaphoid fracture

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“Hanging rope sign”

A

AVN

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Negatively birefrigent crystals

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Gout

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Positive anterior drawer test

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ACL rupture

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“Locked” knee

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Bucket handle meniscal tear

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“Bamboo sign”, sacroilitis, question-mark posture

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Painful arc

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Rotator cuff pathology (usually supraspinatus)

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Shortened leg and externally rotated

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Displaced neck of femur fracture

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Onion-peel sign

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Ewing’s sarcoma

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“Popcorn calcification”

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Chondrosarcoma

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Gowers sign positive

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Muscular dystrophy

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