Musculo-Skeletal Pathology Non-Neoplastic 02/10/18 Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 non-neoplastic causes of MSK disease?

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Connective tissue diseases
Metabolic diseases
Fractures
Degenerative Disease

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What are the basics of the 4 Hypersensitivity reactions?

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1 - Immediate IgE
2 - Antibody mediated
3 - Immune complex mediated
4 - Delayed/Cell mediated

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3
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Are connective tissue diseases autoimmune?

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yes

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4
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The presence of what characterises a connective tissue disease?

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Autoantibodies

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5
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What percentage of the population have a connective tissue disease?

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1-2%

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6
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Give 2 conditions and their autoantibodies

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Rhematoid arthritis - rheumatoid factor
Lupus - often structural parts of DNA
Scleroderma - Anti-centromere
Dermatomyositis - Anti Jo

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What is Rheumatoid arthritis?

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Inflammation of the joints

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What autoantibodies are present in reumatoid arthritis?

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Rheumatoid factor

Autoantibody agains Fc IgG

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9
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Can rheumatoid arthritis be systemic?

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Yes

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10
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What is formed in the acute phase of RA?

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Pannus

Inflammatory granulation tissue at the edges and over the articular surfaces of joints

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What happens to the cartilage in RA?

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It is destroyed

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12
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What occurs in the chronic phase of RA?

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Fibrosis

Deformity

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13
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What kind of condition is SLE?

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Prototypic systemic auto-immune condition

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14
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What are the autoantibodies directed at in SLE?

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DNA

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15
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ANA is +ve in what percentage of lupus patients?

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95%

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16
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What are some other antibodies found in SLE?

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Anti double stranded DNA
\+ve anti-sm 
RNP
SS-A
SS-B
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17
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What cells are present in chronic inflammation?

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Lymphocytes and plasma cells

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18
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What are the acute histological signs in inflammatory conditions?

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Oedema
Fibrin
Reactive features in synovial cells

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19
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What are 3 metabolic diseases?

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Pagets
Osteomalacia
Crystal arthropathies

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20
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What is an example of a crystal arthropathy?

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Gout

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21
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What is the end product of purine synthesis?

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Uric acid

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22
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What 2 DNA bases are purine based?

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Adenine and Guanine

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23
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When is urate formed?

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DNA replication

24
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What are the two reasons for Hyperuricaemia?

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Increased production of Uric acid

Reduced excretion

25
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Why does increased production of uric acid occur?

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Usually idiopathic
HGPRT deficiency
Increased cell turnover - Psoriasis, Leukamia

26
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What is a reason for reduced excretion of uric acid?

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Drugs - Thiazide diuretics

27
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What are the clinical manifestations of hyperuricaemia?

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Precipitation of crystals
Usually in joints
Elicit acute inflammatory reaction
Gouty tophus
Renal disease
28
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What are the pathological findings of hyperuricaemia?

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Long thin needle shaped crystals

Amorphous eosinophillic debris and inflammation

29
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What can Calcium pyrophosphate deposition cause?

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Common crystal arthropathy

Psuedogout or chondrocalcinosis

30
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What are the symptoms of pseudogout?

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Usually none

May have joint pain

31
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What is seen on investigations for psuedogout?

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Large Rhombus shaped crystals

32
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What is paget’s disease?

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Abnormality of bone turnover

Increased osteoclastic activity but not normally structured

33
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What causes Pagets disease?

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Not sure
Genetic?
Viral infection

34
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What are the three stages of Paget’s disease?

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Osteolytic
Mixed
Burnt Out

35
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Are the reversal lines normal in pagets?

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No they are mosaic like

36
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When can pagets cause pain?

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Microfracture or nerve compression

37
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What does pagets do to bones?

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Enlargement and abnormal shape 
Leontiasis
Ossea
Platybasia
Sabre tibia
38
Q

What is the malignancy that pagets can cause?

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Osteosarcoma

39
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What metabolic affects can pagets have?

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Heat
Warm skin
AV shunt
Cardiac failure

40
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What is osteomalacia?

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Abnormal Vitamin D metabolism

41
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What is osteomalacia related to?

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Sun exposure

42
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What does osteomalacia cause?

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Rickets
Bowed legs
Square heads
Pigeon chest
Rickety rosary
43
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What is a pathological fracture?

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Where the fracture is outkeeping with the level of trauma

E.g. Osteoporitic fractures, Tumours

44
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What are the initial phases of trauma?

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Haematoma
Influx of inflammatory cells
Cytokine release
After a week - callus, organised haematoma, early remodelling at bone ends

45
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What occurs during weeks 2-3 of bone repair?

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Maximum girth of callus
Woven bone deposited perpendicular to cortical bone
Cartilage deposition at fracture site which undergoes endoochondral ossification
Bridging with bony callus

46
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What causes bony lesions?

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Malignant proliferation of plasma cells

47
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What is the difference between osteosclerotic and osteolytic lesions?

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Sclerotic - appear as areas of opacity (prostate)

Lytic - Bone is resorbed and appear as radiolucent

48
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What is Avascular necrosis?

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Bone infarction

49
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What causes avascular necrosis?

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Alcohol
Trauma
Steroids

50
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What shape is the infarct in avascular necrosis?

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Wedge shaped

Subcortical

51
Q

What is an example of a degenerative disease?

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Osteoarthritis

52
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What are the stages involved in joint changes?

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Early - small cracks in cartilage
Fibrillation
Cartilage is worn away 
Bone on Bone
Surface becomes polished - eburnation
Cortical bone thickens greatly to cope with load
Leakage of synovial fluid forming small cysts
Rapid bone remodelling
Mistakes are made and osteophytes form
53
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What is eburnation?

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Subchondral sclerosis

54
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What is a subchondral cyst?

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Synovial fluid accumulation

55
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What is an osteophyte?

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Disorganised bone remodelling