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What abducts/adducts the fingers and what is it innervated by?
Interossei muscles
(ulnar nerve (C8-T1)
Blow to shoulder/trauma in delivery lead to what nerve loss?

What does it cause?
loss of C5 and C6 roots

limb hangs by side (paralysis of abductors)
medially rotated
Forearm is pronated
WAITER'S TIP
Male age 15 gets a malignant bone cancer. What is it and what are some predisposing factors.
Osteosarcoma.

Paget's disease of bone
bone infarcts
radiation
familial retinoblastoma
Male age 45 gets a cartilaginous tumor. What is it and what might be it's primary origin?
CHONDROSARCOMA

glistening mass within medullary cavity - May ome from a OSTEOCHONDROMA
Anasplastic small blue cells in a malignant bone tumor. Seen in a young boy. What is the chromosomal abnormality associated with it and what does it look like in bone?
Ewing sarcoma - looks like "onion-skin" in bone; 11;22. commonly appears in diaphysis of long bones, pelvis, scapula, and ribs.
What are osteoma's associated with?
FAP Gardner's syndrome. New piece of bone grows on another piece of bone (skull)
Osteoid osteoma
interlacing trabeculae of woven bone surrounded by osteoblasts < 2cm and found in proximal tibia and femur.
Larger osteoid osteoma, where is it found?
Osteoblastoma

seen in Vertebral column
Male age 30 with break in distal femur. "double bubble" appearance on x-ray. What does it look like histologically?
spindle shape with multinucleated cells
(Giant cell tumor - osteoclastoma)
mature bone with a cartilaginous cap. What can it transform to (rare)?
chondrosarcoma

this is a osteochondroma (exostosis)
-#1 benign tumor
Benign cartilaginous neoplasm (Enchondroma). Where is it found?
intramedullary bone, usually in distal extremities
What layer of skin has activity dividing stem cells?
Stratum basalis
What layer of skin contains desmosome attachments?
spinosum
What layer of skin has keratohyaline granules?
granulosum
What layer of skin holds melanocytes?
Basalis
What are some common things that can compress the lower trunk of the brachial plexus?
Pancoast Tumor (lung tumor)
Cervical rib
What happens with a fracture at the surgical neck of the humerus?
An axillary nerve lesions
What happens if there is a midshaft lesion of the humerus?
Radial nerve passes on posterior side of the humerus
What does subluxation of the radius cause?
stretching of the deep branch of the radial nerve
What is compressed in carpal tunnel?
median nerve
what nerve is lesions by trauma to the heel of the hand or a fracture of the Hook of Hamate?
ulnar nerve
What dermatome innervates the medial aspect of the forearm?
T1
A deep forearm compression can affect which nerve?
Anterior interosseous nerve (off of median nerve)
A superficial lesion in the palm of the hand causes what?
gash at recurrent branch of the median nerve
What nerve does the cutaneous innervation of the giners?
median nerve
what innervates the adductor pollicis?
Ulnar Nerve (also innervates interossei and 3/4 lumbricals)
What nerve runs in Guyon's canal?
Ulnar nerve
What nerve does the innervation for the 5th and part of the 4th digits?
ulnar nerve
what protects the brachial plexus in a clavicle fracture?
the subclavius muscle
What is lesioned in Klumpke's total claw?
C8-T1, cause loss of lumbricals and some other stuff
What is lost in Ape hand?
proximal median nerve lesion, loss of opponens pollicis (thenar muscle)
What muscles does the Radial nerve innervate?

its rad to be the Best
Brachioradialis, Exensors of the wrist and finger, supinator, and triceps (BEST)

it's rad to be the BEST!
Name the thenar muscles
opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis
Doral vs palmer interosseus muscles
Doral - ABduct

Palmar- ADduct
What is the sensory deficit seen with an anterior hip dislocation?
Anterior hip dislocates and gets obturator nerve (loss of thigh adduction and medial thigh sensation)
What deficit does a pelvic fracture cause?
Femoral nerve lesion

loss of thigh flexion and leg extension

loss of sensation on anterior thigh and medial leg
What does trauma to the lateral leg/ fibula neck cause?
Loss of common peroeal nerve

loss of foot eversion and dorsiflexion; toe extension

sensory loss to anterolateral leg and doral foot
Wha does knee trauma cause?
loss of tibial nerve

loss of foot inversion and plantarflexion, toe flexion

sensory deficit on sole of foot
What does a posterior hip disolocation/polio cause?
Superior gluteal nerve lesion

loss of thigh abduction
+ Trendelenburg sign (loss of control of pelvis)
What does a posterior hip dislocation disrupt?
Inferior gluteal nerve lesion

can't jump, climb stairs, get up from seated position
describe type I muscle fibers.
Slow twitch
Increase MT
Increaes myoglobin
Increase oxidative phosphorylation
Which type of muscle fibers increaes with weight training?
Type II (fast twitch) hypertrophy during weight training
In smooth muscle contraction, what does Ca bind to?
Calmodulin
In smooth muscle, what happens after Ca binds to calmodulin?
Activation of myosin light chain kinase

Phosphorylation of Myosin and cotnraction
how does membranous ossification differ from endochondral ossification?
membranous ossification does not have a cartilaginous model for osteoclasts and osteoblasts to work from;

instead, woven bone is directly formed in membranous ossification and is later remodeled to lamellar bone
What is the source of osteoblasts
mesenchymal stem cells in periosteum
A child born with a father with ADVANCED PATERNAL AGE has SHORT LIMBS and a normal size head (MEMBRANOUS OSSICATION UNAFFECTED). What's going on?
Achondroplasia
AD

due to IMPAIRED CARTILAGE MATURATION due to MUTATED FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3 (FGFR3)

causes Drawfism
What is the diference between osteoporosis type I and type II
Type I - postmenopausal (Increase bone resorption due to decreasing E)

Type II - senile osteoporosis - affects men and women> 70
What fractures are common in the arm of a person with osteoporosis?
Colle fracture of distal radius
See a patient with DECREASE MARROW SPACE (anemia, thrombocytopenia, infection) and bones that flare out on exam ("erlenmeyer flask"

also has cranial nerve impingement and palsies.

What is it?
Osteopetrosis due to abnormal osteoclasts

-genetic defect in carbonic anyhrase II

normal serum Ca, phosphate, Alk phosp
An automosomal dominant disease with pathological fractures at birth, blue sclera, and deafness.
Osteogenesis imperfecta due to defective synthesis of type I collagen
A patient with "brown tumors" (cystic spaces lined by osteoclasts filled with a fibrous stroma and sometimes blood). What caused this?
Hyperparathyroidism causing Osteitis fibroa cystica

see Increase serum Ca, Decrease P, Increase ALP
Viral infection predisposing to long bone chalk-stick fractures, AV Malformations causing high output CHF, and an enlarging hat size.
Paget's disease (osteitis deformans)

due to increase osteoclastic activity (early) and increased osteoblastic activity (late)- causes increase Alk Phosp, thick, weak bones

causes fractures, risk of osteogenic sarcoma, and CHF
Bone replaced by fibroblasts, collagen, and irregular bony trabeculae.
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
unilateral bone lesions, precocious pubert, and pigmented skin lesions
McCune-Albright syndrome (polyostotic fibrous dysplasia) with bone lesions, endocrine abnormalities, and unilateral pigmented lesions "cafe-au-lait" spots
bone deformity where one piece of bones grows on another piece of bone., often in skull. What is it and what is it associated with?
Osteoma

associated with Gardner Syndrome of FAP
MAN, age 25, with a osteoid osteoma. What do you see microscopically (woven bone surrounded by what?)
woven bone surrounded by osteoblasts (seen in proximal tibia/ femur)
Osteoid osteoma seen in vertebral column.
osteoblastoma
30 year old with locally aggressive tumor of distal femur. "double bubble" on x-ray
Giant cell tumor (osteoclastoma)

spindle-shaped cells with multinucleated giant cells
Most common benign bone tumor. What do you see?
Osteochondroma

see mature bone with a cartilaginous cap in long metaphysis.
Enchondroma. What does it do to intremedullary bone?
its a cartilaginous neoplasm, usually seen in the distal extremities
2nd most common malignant tumor of bone= Osteosarcoma. Where do you see it?
femur, tibial region

predisposing factors = pagets disease, bone infarcts, radiation, familial retinoblastoma

see codman's triange/sunburst pattern on x-ray (elevated periosteum)
Small blue cell tumor in a young oy, with characteristic Onion skin appearance in bone. What is it?
Ewing sarcoma (22 points 11 rebounds)
A malignant cartilaginous tumor (chndrosarcoma). What do you see?
Expansile glistening mass within medullary cavity
What benign tumor is most likely to effect the epiphysis?
Giant cell tumor "double bubble sign"
What benign and malignant tumors are most likely to effect the metaphysis?
osteochondroma (benign)
osteosarcoma (malignant)
What benign/malig tumors are most likely to effect the diaphysis?
osteoid ostoma
Ewing Sarcoma
What benign and malignant tumor is most likely to effect the intremedullary area?
enchondroma (hands/feet)
chondrosarcoma
What do the presence of Hebergen's nodes and Bouchard's nodes indicate?
Osteoarthritis
Hebergen's nodes - DIP
Bouchard's nodes - PIP
subchondral cysts, with pain in weight bearing joints and bowlegged appearance. What is it?
osteoarthritis
what are the cysts found behind the knee in Rheumatoid arthritis called?
Baker's cyst

RA - positive rheumatoid factor (IgM antibody to IgG antibody)
What is the primary mechaism of Pannus formation n RA?
chronic inflammatory synovial tissue
what are the hematological and pulmonary consequences of RA?
Heme- Anemia of chronic dz.
Felty syndrome (autoimmune destruction of PMN and platelets)
Pulmonary: Pleuritis, interstitial fibrosis
What HLA type is associated with RA?
HLA-DR4
Dry eyes, dry mouth, and arthritis. What are the autoantibodies in this disease?
Sjogren syndrome
autoantibodies to ribonucleoprotein (SS-A (Ro) and SS-B (La)
What is sicca syndrome?
seen with Sjogren syndrome

-dry eyes, dry mouth, nasal and vaginal dryness, chronic bronchitis, reflux esophagitis. No arthritis
What is the confirmatory test for Sjogren syndrome?
Lip bx showing lymphoid destruction of minor salivary glands
Where are the tophi of gout located?
external ear/ achilles tendon
What type of crystals are seen in gout?
monosodium urate
What diseases also cause monosodium urate crystals?
hyperuricemia diseases
- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, PRPP excess, decrease exretion of uric acid (thiazid diuretics), Increase cell turnover, or Von Gierke's disease
what type of crystals are found in pseuodogout?
calcium pyrophosphate crystals (weak + birefringent (blue when parallel)

-rhomboid crystals
what two organisms can cause a chronic infectious arthritis?
TB (mycobacterial dissemiination) and lyme disease
What is the classic triad of Reiter's syndrome and when you do you get it?
Conjunctivitis and ant. uveitis
Urethritis
Arthritis

"Can't see, Can't pee, can't climb a tree"

seen with HLA-B27
Post GI / Chlamydia infection
asymmetric and patchy involvement causing sausage fingers and pencil in cup deformities.
Psoriatic arthritis
What are some common diseases that arthritis is associated with?
arthritis associated with Ulcerative colitis, shigellosis, psoriasis
What are some cardiac and respiratory complications of SLE?
Cardiac - nonbacterial verrucous endocarditis
Respiratory - hilar adenopathy
also se Raynaud's phenomenon
What is the renal finding in SLE?
wire-loop lesions in kidney with immune complex deposition
What antibodies are elevated in SLE and drug induced SLE?
ANA - sensitive, not specific for SLE
anti-dsDNA - very specific, poor px
Anti-Smth antibodies (specific, not bad px)

Drug induced - anti-histone antibodies
Name some diseases where you see positive ANA
SLE
Sjogren
Sicca
Scleroderma
Polymyositis
Dermatomyositis
RA
Juvenile arthritis
Mixed connective tissue disease
What is seen in Sarcoidosis.
Noncaseating granulomas
Elevated serum ACE levels

associated with HILAR LYMPHADENOPATHY, BELLS PALSY, EPITHELIAL GRANULOMAS
schaumann and asteroid bodies
HYPERCALCEMIA (increase Vit D)
Pain in shoulders and hips with NO WEAKNESS. What is it associated with and what is the ESR?
Polymyalgia rheumatica, associated with temporal cell arteritis

Increase in ESR, normal CK

tx prednisone
What causes polymyositis?
CD8+ T-cells attacking myofibers, most often seen in shoulders

Dx by muscle biopsy
What is characteristic of dermatomyositis?
Rash, similar to SLEs rash

heliotrope rash
"shawl and face" rash
Gottron's papules- painful on finger tips)
Increase risk of malignancy
What are the lab findings in polymyositis and dermatomyositis?
Icnrease CK, Increase Aldolase

POSITIVE ANA-Jo-1
droopy eyelid, double vision and general weakness. What is it and was is it associated with?
Myasthenia Gravis
associated with Thymomas

can occur with AChE inhibitors.
In mixed connective tissue disease, what do you see?
Raynaud's phenomenon
arthralgias
myalgias
fatigue
esophageal hypomotility

antibodies to U1RNP and +ANA
Excessive fibrosis and collagen deposition throughout the body. What AB are associated?
Scleroderma (with Anti-Scl-70 Ab (anti-DNA Topoisomerase I antibody)
What are the two types of progressive systemic sclerosis (Pss)?
1. Diffuse scleroderma - widespread skin involvement, rapid progression, early visceral involvement (renal, pulmonary, Cardiovascular, GI systems)
2. CREST syndrome -Calcinosis, Raynaud's, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia
What happens if you don't adequately excise a liposarcoma?
it will recurr
Where are rhabdomyosarcomas most often seen?
soft tissue (seen in children)
arises from skeletal muscle, mostly seen in head/neck
What is acantholysis?
separation of epidermal cells
What is hyperkeratosis
Increase thickness of stratum corneum (scaly skin)
What is acanthosis?
epidermal hyerplasia
Ephelis. what is it?
a freckle due to increase melanin pigments
Papules and plaques with silver scaling (psoriasis). What is an Auspitz sign and what do you see histologically?
Auspitz- bleeding spots when scales are scraped off

see an increase in stratum granulosum

ACANTHOSIS with parakeratotic scaling (nuclei still present in stratum corneum)
A pasted on looking, flat, greasy pig. squamos cell epithelial proliferation. What is it and what can it be a marker for?
Seborrheic keratosis

maybe a marker for stomach cancer
What enzyme is decreased in activity in albinism?
decrease tyrosinase activity causes decrease melanin production

-normal melanocyte number

note: could also be caused by failure of neural crest cell migration during development
Caused by a decrease in melanocytes, what is this skin disorder?
Vitiligo (irregular areas of complete depigmentation)
what is melasma associated with?
hyperpigmentation associated with pregnancy / OCP use
What causes necrotizing fasciitis?
anaerobic bacteria and S. Pyogenes

see crepitus (methane and CO2 production)
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. what is it caused by?
EXOTOXIN destroys keratinocyte attachments in the sratum granulosum.

see fever, erythematous rash with sloughing of the upper layers of the epidermis (seen in newborns/children)
What virus causes Hairy Leukoplakia?
EBV

white tongue lesions that cannot be scrapped off
skin disorder against desmosomes showing immunofluorescene throughout epidermis. CLEAVAGE ABOVE THE BASAL LAYER and seen in ORAL MUCOSA. What is it and what antibody is associated?
PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS
IgG antibody to desmoglein 1 (anti-epithelial cell Ab)

see + Nikolksky sign - separation of epidermis upon stroking
IgG antibody to hemidesmosomes (epidermal BM) with linear staining. What type of cells are seen in blisters?
Eosinophils are seen

spares oral mucosa

Ab to BpAg1, BpAg2, alpha-6 integrin, laminin 5

CLEAVAGE BELLOW BM
Dermatitis herpetiformis. what type of Ab seen and where?
seen on extensor surface of extremities

IgA Ab
PMN abscesses
What infectious bugs can give you erythema multiforme?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Herpes Simplex Vir
Sulfonamide, penicillin, barbiturates, phenytoin all cause what type of skin manifestation?
erythema multiforme (macules, papules, vesicles, target lesions)
Steven Johnson syndrome is a worse type of what?
Erythema multiforme

characterized by bulla, necrosis, sloughing of skin and high mortality

usually seen with an adverse drug rxn
What is a worse form of Stevens-Johnson syndrome?
toxic epidermal necrolysis
Pruritic, purple, polygonal papules.

where is the infiltrate and what disease is it associated with?
Lichen Plan

sawtooth infiltrate at dermal-epidermal junction. ASSOCIATED WITH HEP. C
a premalignant lesion caused by sun exposure, with small rough, erythematous/brown papules.
Actinic Keratosis

will recurr if scrapped off
Hyperlipidemia (Cushing's disease, DM) causes this skin finding.
Acanthosis nigricans (hyerplasia of stratum spinosum)

also seen with visceral malignancy (stomach adenoCA)
What bugs cause erythema nodosum?
Cocci, histo, TB, Leprosy, streptococcal infections, sarcoidosis
what is a "herald patch" followed by "christmas tree" distribution and what is it characteristic?
Pityriasis rosea

herald patch- oval scales on trunk
christmas tree- along lines of cleave

remits in 2-10 weeks
What is SCC of the skin associated with?
Chronically draining sinuses

Actinic keratoses is a precursor

keratin pearls
skin cancer that arises from basal cells of epidermis. What is seen microscopically?
basal cell CA shows palisading nuclei
What are positive tumor markers for melanoma?
S-100 tumor marker
What is wrong in Ichthosis Vulgaris?
common AD skin disorder due to defect in keratinization --> increase thickness of stratum corneum and absent stratum granulosum

see hyperkeratotic, dry skin
What does Xerosis cause
dry skin/pruritis in elderly due to decrease in FA