msk peds

Question 1

nurse maids elbow

common in

Answer 1

1-4 yr olds
pull or arm twisting energy
annular ligament slips over radial head and becomes trapped

Question 2

osgood schlatter

Answer 2

common cause of adolescent knee pain (athletes/growth spurt)

osteochondritis of tibial tubercle

Question 3

legg calve perthes disease
ages
positive ____ sign

Answer 3

osteonecrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis d/t interrupted vascular supply
3-12 ^males
pain in medial aspect of knee/patients limbs
trendelenburg

Question 4

slipped capital femoral epiphysis
common in
positive ___ sign

Answer 4

hx of several wks/months of hip/knee pain w intermittent limp
adolescents
+ trendelenburg

Question 5

transient synovitis of hip (irritable hip)
sx?
whats seen on US?
hx of?
resolves in?
xray?

Answer 5

most common cause of hip pain
acute limp and hip pain in children 
no systemic sx
small effusion on US
hx of respiratory infection 7-14 days prior, resolves in 7-14 days
no xray!!!