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Thompson Test for Achilles Tendon Injury

In the normal right side, squeezing the calf results in plantar
results in plantar flexion ... tendon tear or ... rupture. ... Rupture #clinical ... ankle #sports #msk
Thompson Test for Achilles Tendon Injury

In the normal left side, squeezing the calf results in plantar
results in plantar flexion ... tendon tear or ... rupture. ... Rupture #clinical ... ankle #sports #msk
Thompson Test for Achilles Tendon Injury

In the normal right side, squeezing the calf results in plantar
results in plantar flexion ... tendon tear or ... rupture. ... Rupture #clinical ... ankle #sports #msk
Ruptured Achilles Tendon on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Case of the Week! 30 yo M presented
Ruptured Achilles ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #Tendon #Ruptured ... #Complete #Tear ... #MSK #Clinical
Achilles tendon rupture on POCUS

Adhikari's Image of the Wk: Achilles tendon rupture. Look for disruption of
confuse w/partial tears ... Arizona Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... extensor elbows, Achilles ... tendon, fingers ... not possible • Ultrasound ... #treatment #rheumatology
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
Stenosing flexor ... Ultrasound can show ... #Stenosing #flexor ... tenosynovitis #msk ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... scalp, vagina, fingers ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management