Data Trace Editor – See: Differential: Increased: Physiologic: – Severe Exercise, 3rd Trimester, Labor, Surgery, Increased: Pathologic: Bacterial infections (See Sepsis MI Pulmonary Infarct Crush Injury, Burn Eclampsia DKA Uremia Acute Gout Leukemia; Systemic JRA ( > 40,000) Decreased: Pancytopenia Aplastic Anemia – X-ray Poisoning w/ Benzene or AntiTumor Meds Severe Overwhelming Infections – Disseminated … Read more
– Discussion: – polymyalgia rheumatica is a clinical syndrome that affects shoulder and hip girdles and causes severe pain and stiffness; – usually pt is in the sixth to seventh decade of life; – diff dx: – frozen shoulder (usually frozen shoulder is not associated w/ an elevated sed … Read more
– See: differential diagnosis of posterior fossa masses – Discussion: – popliteal artery is the continuation of superficial femoral artery at hiatus of the adductor magnus muscle; – artery is anchored proximally by tendinous insertion of adductor magnus upon the medial femoral epicondyle; – it runs posterior to the distal … Read more
– Knee Joint Tumors – Diff Dx: – synovial cysts (Baker’s) – arterial and venous aneurysms – thrombophlebitis (dvt) – adventitial cysts of artery – popliteal artery aneurysm; – benign and malignant neoplasms – rhabdomyosarcoma: … Read more
– Anatomy: – origin: – lateral condyle & posterior horn of lateral meniscus fibular head; – popliteus muscle has 3 origins, strongest of which is from lateral femoral condyle, just anterior and inferior to the LCL origin; … Read more
– Discussion: – traditionally, subtalar arthrodesis has been performed w/ ankle in neutral dorsiflexion / plantarflexion & neutral or slight valgus; – by placing calcaneus in 5 degrees of valgus, transverse tarsal joint remains supple and provides mobility to the forefoot; – in presence of fixed forefoot equinus, however, … Read more
(see also: juvenile RA menu) Discussion definition: > 5 involved joints; large and small joint may be affected; accounts for about 50% of patients w/ JRA; may occur at 1-3 yrs or during early adolescence (after age 10); children w/ seronegative arthritis usually present before age 5 years and have iridocyclitis if fewer than five … Read more
– Discussion: – polydactyly in the foot usually involes a single duplication (hexadactyly) – associated anomalies: – duplications occur bilaterally in about 40-50% of patients, but often the duplications are not symmetric; – polydactyly of hand … Read more
– See: – Polydactyly of the Thumb: – Polydacyly of the Foot: – Discussion: – polydactyly is most common hand anomaly; – may involve autosomal dominant transmission in which case an asociatted syndrome is generally not present; – … Read more
– See: Polydactyly: – Discussion: – polydactyly of the thumb occurs in many forms, ranging from varying degrees of mere splitting to completely duplicated thumb; – occasionally it consists of only fleshy nubbins on radial border; – when duplication occurs alone, it is usually unilateral and sporadic; … Read more