Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
criteria of rheumatoid arthritis?
|
-rh factor +ve
-symmetric jt. Involvement -morning stiffness 1hr -3 small jt. Involved -s.c nodules -erosion on xray |
|
|
initial region affected ? And m/c jts. Involved?
|
synovium(unlike osteoarthritis),
PIP(DIP in osteoarthritis),wrist,elbow,knee,ankle,MT-P jt. |
|
|
xray appearance in r arthritis?
|
-osteopenia
-rice bodies in synovial fluid -erosion |
|
|
treatment of ra?
|
DMARDS(hydroxychloroquine,mtx,leflunamide,anakinra??,abetacept??)
biological agents- infliximab,etanercept,amalimumab. |
|
|
synovial fluid analysis? Osteo,ra,septic
|
less than2000,
2000 to 50000, more than 50000 |
|
|
xray appearance of osteoarthritis?
|
unequal jt. Space,osteophyte formation,osteosclerosis,sub chondral cyst,loose bodies(jt. Mice)
|
|
|
d/d of lower backache?
|
psoriatic arthritis,reiter's ds,ankylosing spondylytis
|
|
|
a
|
b
|
|
|
reiter's ds(reactive arthritis)characteristics?
|
spine jt.(lower backache),triad(cant see, cant pee,cant dance with me),keratoderma menorrhagica,balanitis circinata,oral ulcers.
|
|
|
features of ankylosing spondylytis?
|
more in males(like reiter's),onset before 40 y(unlike ankylosing hyperostosis),symm. Sacroiliac jt. Involvement,both ant. And post. Longitudinal lig. Involved(entheropathy),bamboo stick appearance on x ray,marginal syndesmophyte(unlike reiter's disease)
|
|
|
features of ankylosing hyperostosis?(diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis)
|
after 40 y,no sacroilac jt. Involvement, but higher vert. Column involvement causing upper backache,no compressive neuropathy,a/w DM(frozen shoulders),only ant. Longitudinal lig. Involvement....
|
|
|
which arteries are most commonly involved in takayasu and temporal arteritis?
|
arch of aorta and temporal artery(hence scalp tenderness)
|
|
|
what are the characteristics common to both takayasu and temporal arteritis?
Is hp differentiation possible? |
large and medium arteries
granulomatous giant cell aortic aneurysms asymmetric pulse no,hp differentiation is possible b/w the 2 |
|
|
characteristic features of temporal arteritis?
|
l and m rteries
after 55 jaw claudication, temporal artery(scalp tenderness), isolated vision defect(ant. Ischemic optic neuropathy) field defects-altitudinal |
