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;
165 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Pathology assoc. w/ tall height |
Marfan's, Gigantism, Kleinfelter's |
|
Ashkenazi Jew's are predisposed to get |
Tay Sachs disease |
|
Provacative factor is flexion, think... |
Disc lesion |
|
Lateral bend provokes |
think facet problem |
|
rest is relieving factor |
bone CA possible |
|
Pain not better with NSAIDs= |
some bone tumors or phychological |
|
Loin to groin pain |
think kidney stones |
|
chest to left arm pain distribution |
MI |
|
Pain worse at night |
Bone CA or osteomyelitis |
|
Side effect of Lipitor |
muscle aches |
|
side effect of diuretics |
muscle cramps |
|
Immunizations could cause |
GB guillian Barre syndrome |
|
Infertility may caused by |
Endometriosis |
|
Alcohol may cause |
avas. necrosis, pancreatitis, physchological stress |
|
IV drug use |
osteomyelitis
|
|
Bone CA, CHF and Diabetes may result in poor... |
sleep |
|
ROS (constitutional) fever: |
osteomyelitis |
|
Blood in stool |
consider colon cancer |
|
clay colored stool= |
pancreatic CA |
|
recurrent sore throats |
think HIV/AIDS, MM, Leukemia |
|
Dysuria may be caused by |
UTI |
|
Vaginal discharge |
PID |
|
Silvery plaques |
psoriasis |
|
butterfly rash |
SLE |
|
red shin bumps |
Sarcoidosis |
|
Fatigue, recurrent sore throats, and bleeding problems... |
Leukemia |
|
Multiple aches/pains |
Polymyalgia rheumatica, fibromyalgia |
|
Muscle cramps |
hypoparathyroidism |
|
Heat intolerance |
hyperthyroidism |
|
Causes of fever >99.5 |
drug reaction infection heat stroke lymphoma |
|
causes of tachycardia |
drug reaction fever panic disorder hyperthyroidism severe anemia |
|
causes of bradycardia |
hypothyroidism athlete's heart syndrome raised intracranial pressure |
|
causes of tachypnea |
asthma lung infection diabetic ketoacidosis congestive heart failure emphysemia sarcoidosis panic disorder |
|
causes of bradypnea |
drug rxn brain stem compression |
|
BP should be less than ___ mm Hg difference btwn arms |
10 |
|
Hypertension is diagnosed after __ different readings of ___/____ mm Hg |
3 readings of140/90 |
|
BP required for shock |
<90/60 |
|
Causes of elevated BP |
Cushing's syndrome Conn's Unilater renal artery stenosis hyperthyroidism pheochromocytoma HTN |
|
Causes of low BP |
May be normal for pt shock depression Addison's |
|
BMI 18.5-24.9 = |
normal |
|
BMI 25-29.9 = |
overweight |
|
BMI 30-34.9 = |
class 1 obesity |
|
BMI >40= |
class 3 obesity |
|
The macula is ____ to the optic disc |
lateral |
|
Air conduction twice as long as Bone conduction |
normal |
|
Air conduction/Bone conduction both reduced in one ear |
nerve conduction deafness |
|
Bone conduction > AC w/ rinne test |
Serous Otitis Media |
|
Bilateral dilated pupils |
Cocaine, Barbituates, amohetamine abuse |
|
bilateral pinpoint pupils |
Heroin use |
|
Bilateral swollen optic discs (papilledema) |
Raised ICP or brain tumor |
|
Blue sclera in infant w/ many fractures |
osteogenesis imperfecta |
|
blurred margins of th macula or pigmentation |
macular degeneration |
|
Copper or silver wiring of retinal arterioles |
Hypertensive retinopathy |
|
Cupped optic disc |
chronic glaucoma |
|
Large tongue in infants (macroglossia) |
hypothyroidism |
|
Exopthalmos |
hyperthyroidism |
|
flame hemorrages and dot in eye (microaeurysms) |
diabetic retinopathy |
|
Foul purulent unilateral nasal discharge |
sinusitis or foreign body in nose |
|
Goiter w/ brittle dry coarse hair |
Myxedema (hypothyroidism) |
|
goiter w/ exopthalmus or tachcardia |
hyperthyroidism |
|
gray ring around cornea (arcus senilis) |
Hyperlipidemia |
|
Eye lid lag |
Hyperthyroidism |
|
loss of red pupil light reflex |
cataract or neuroblastoma |
|
loss of out 1/3 eyebrow |
hansen's disease or hypoTHY |
|
Midline neck mass moves w/ tongue |
Thyroglossal cyst |
|
Midline bony mass in hard palate |
Torus Palatinus |
|
Mucopurulent discharge from ear |
otitis media |
|
Periorbital edema |
cellulitis cavernous sinus thrombosis |
|
pale conjunctiva |
anemia |
|
painful eye w/ circumcorneal redness |
Iritis |
|
Painful eye with tense eyeball |
acute glaucoma |
|
Painless boil on inside of eyelid |
internal stye (chalazion) |
|
Pain on pulling ear up and back |
otitis externa |
|
pale swollen bluish nasal mucosae |
chronic allergies |
|
bilateral ptosis |
MG, LE |
|
unilateral ptosis |
horner's syndrome |
|
Puffy eyelids especially in the mornings |
renal dysfunction |
|
pupil accomodates but no rxn to light |
argyll robertson pupil (tertiary syphilis) |
|
Air Bronchogram |
pneumonia |
|
apple core sign |
anular constricting colorectal cancer on a barium enema |
|
arrowhead sign |
acromegaly |
|
bag of bones appearance |
neurotrophic arthritis leprosy tertiary syphilis |
|
beaked osteophytes in metacarpals |
hemochromatosis |
|
Biconcave vertebrae |
Sickle Cell Disease Paget's disease hyperparathyriodism |
|
blade of grass sign (aka candle flame) |
paget's dx of bone |
|
blowout appearance of bone |
mets from thyroid malignance |
|
boot shaped heart |
fallot's tetralogy |
|
bone w/in a bone |
osteopetrosis |
|
brim sign |
paget's disease of the bone |
|
calcinosis cutis |
scleroderma |
|
candle wax sign |
DISH |
|
champagne glass pelvis |
achondroplasia |
|
chondrocalcinosis |
CPPD HPT Ochronosis Wilson's disease |
|
coffee bean sign |
sigmoid volvulus |
|
codfish vertebrae (reynold's sign) |
sickle cell disease cushing's osteomalacia |
|
cobblestone appearance |
Crohn's disease |
|
codman's triangle |
osteosarcoma ewing's sarcoma |
|
Corduroy sign |
hemangioma |
|
cotton wool sign |
Paget's dx of the bone |
|
crescent sign in the abdoman |
air under the diaphragm in perforated peptic uler or bowel |
|
crescent sign in hip |
avascular necrosis of the head of the femur |
|
cupid bow |
notochord persistence w/ inward endplate deformity |
|
dagger sign |
AS |
|
david letterman sign (terr thomas sign) |
scapho-lunate disruption |
|
dinner fork deformity |
Colles' fx |
|
Egg-shell calcification in the lung |
Histoplasmosis |
|
Fallen fragment sign |
elbow fx |
|
gull wing sign |
erosive osteoarthritis of the fingers |
|
ground glass appearance |
pneumocystis pneumonia in lung fibrous dysplasia in bone |
|
hair on end sign |
sickle cell disease thalassemia |
|
hampton's hump |
pulmonary embolism |
|
heel pad sign |
acromegaly (+ latern jaw, Prominent EOP) obesity (BMI >30) Hypothroidism (myxedema) (+ loss of outer 1/3 eyebrow) |
|
H-shaped vertebrae |
sickle cell disease |
|
Ice cream falling off cone sign |
slipped capital femoral epiphysis |
|
inverted napoleon hat sign |
severe anterolisthesis of L5 and S1 seen on AP view |
|
inverted U sign on xray |
Sigmoid volvulus |
|
Kissing Spines |
Baastrup's disease |
|
Knife clasp defect |
spina bifida at S1 w/ elongated L5 SP |
|
lead pipe colon |
ulcerative colitis on barium enema |
|
light bulb sign |
posterior should dislocation |
|
meniscus sign |
PE |
|
mickey mouse ears |
psoriatic arthritis |
|
missing pedicle |
mets (most common) MM (uncommon) |
|
onion skin appearance of bone |
Ewing's sarcoma |
|
overhanging sign |
Gout |
|
Paint brush sign |
ricket's |
|
pancake vertebra |
compressed vert. seen in osteoporosis |
|
pawnbroker's sign |
bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy seen in sarcoidosis |
|
pelken's spur |
scurvy |
|
pencil in cup sign |
psoriatic arthritis |
|
pepper pot skull |
MM |
|
picture frame vertebrae |
paget's disease |
|
piece of pie sign |
lunate dislocation |
|
popcorn calcification |
histoplasmosis of lungs, FD in long bones |
|
rat bite lesion |
RA potentially in Gout |
|
rat tail sign |
achalasia of the esophagus on a barium swallow |
|
risser's sign |
used to determine bone maturity in patients w/ scoliosis |
|
rugger jersey spine |
hyperparathyroidism |
|
saber tibia |
paget's disease |
|
salt and pepper skull |
HPT |
|
sandwich vertebra |
osteoporosis |
|
sausage digit |
psoriatic arthritis |
|
scalloped vert |
spinal tumors, neurofibromatosis (post.) AAA (ant) |
|
sentinel loop of bowl |
acute pancreatitis |
|
shepherd's crook |
FD osteogenesis imperfecta Paget's |
|
shiny corner sign |
AS |
|
signet ring sign |
scapho-lunate disruption |
|
silhouette sign |
lobar pneumonia |
|
snow cap sign |
legg calve perthes syndrome |
|
soap bubble appearance |
ABC |
|
spade like terminal phalanges |
acromegaly |
|
spotty carpal sign |
Gout RA TB of the bone |
|
square vertebra |
AS paget's Psoriatic arth down syndrome |
|
stalk and cauliflour |
pedunculated osteochondroma |
|
step ladder sign |
small bowel obstruction |
|
string sign of kantor on barium study |
crohn's disease |
|
string of pearls on ultrasound of ovaries |
PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome |
|
sunburst appearance |
osteosarcoma or ewing's sarcoma |
|
swan neck deformity |
RA |
|
tram track sign in the lungs |
bronchiectasis |
|
trolley track sign |
AS |
|
vacuum sign of disc |
DDD |
|
wasp waist sign |
Klippel Feil syndrome |
|
Wimberger's ring sign |
scurvy |
|
Wormian bones |
Cleidocranial dystonia osteogenesis imperfecta down's syn |