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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
The triquetrum ... fractured carpal bone ... common carpal bone ... fracture • Complications ... functional deficit and arthritis
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
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Pathogenesis and Complications ... - Parkinson's Disease ... - Arthritis ... Geriatrics #Falls #pathophysiology ... #complications
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... other orthopedic complications ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... • Differentiate ... #differential #
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
- Arthralgia, Arthritis ... Weakness, Incr CK • Bone ... Musculoskeletal #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Scleritis, Heart Disease ... Nodules, Pulmonary Disease ... and ILD Complications ... rheumatology #signs #symptoms
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
30 (post-peak bone ... Decr estrogen • Bone ... liver or kidney disease ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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yrs - Cranial symptoms ... IgG4-related disease ... Erdheim-Chester disease ... : - Bone pain ... #Differential #
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
tear a portion of bone ... /Complications: ... weight-bear • Arthritic ... msk #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Ligament • Bone ... or nerve root Symptoms ... of Joint Disease ... the subchondral bone ... approach #workup #differential
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... - Highest • Bone ... Most common symptoms ... - Bone symptoms ... ALP #Elevation #Differential