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lumpy bumpy soft tissue swelling suggests:
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tophaceous gout
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focal cartilage loss favors ___
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points towards mechanical etiology over inflammatory
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subchondral sclerosis seen with:
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osteoarthritis
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subchondral bone erosions of PIP seen with:
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psoriatic arthritis
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what does ankylosis mean
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"fusion"
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chondral calcinosis affects:
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fibrocartilage structures (meniscus, TFCC) or articular cartilage
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pannus caused by:
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cortical bone erosions from inflamed synovial tissue
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erosions without cotex favor
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pannus. inflammatory. acute process.
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erosions with cortication suggest:
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chronic. such as crystal arthropathy. may see a "overhanging shelf"
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subcondral erosion is
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nonspecific.. "subchondral cyst"
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periostitis
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a type of bone formation from periosteal reaction
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eburnation
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new bone opposed to trabeculae
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osteophytes
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new excresences in bone and cartilage where there was cartilage loss
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swan neck and boutounneire deformity suggest what disease:
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RA
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syndesmophytes (define / relation)
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ossification of the annular fibrosis outer layer - related to ankylosing spondylitis.
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monoarticular joint ddx (5)
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CHRIST (crystal, hemophilic, RA, infectious, synovial lesions [chondromatosis/PVNS], trauma
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which 2 joint diseases are symmetric
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RA and ankylosing spondylitis
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MCC multiple DIP joint dz. degen (1) inflam (1)
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OA; Psoriatic arthritis
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MCC mutliple MCP joint dz: degen (1) inflam (1)
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CPPD; RA
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name radiographic hallmarks of RA
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pannus, marginal erosions, little reactive bone formation.
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