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Duke PA Pediatric Musculoskeletal Disease

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Sub-periosteal swelling contained in suture lines   Cephalohematoma  
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Extra-periosteal swelling crosses suture lines, poorly defined   Caput succedaneum  
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Cephalohematoma reabsorbs within ____   2-12 weeks  
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Premature fusion of suture   Craniosynostosis  
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Treatment for torticollis   Active and passive stretching, botulinum injections in refractory cases.  
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When do you refer torticollis for surgical consult   If not improved in 6 months  
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Annular ligament entrapment due to traction. Presents as flexed and internally rotated forearm   Radial head subluxation (nursemaid’s elbow)  
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Treatment for nursemaid’s elbow   Therapeutic x-ray, hyperpronation, flexion/supination/extension  
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Treatment for polydactyly/syndactyly   Excision at 6-9 months  
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Stenosing tenosynovitis aka __   Trigger finger (painful thickened flexor tendon or nodule at the A-1 pulley  
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What is the classification of physeal fractures   Salter-Harris  
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What does the mnemonic SALTR stand for when referring to Salter-Harris fractures   S=straight (I), A=above (II), L=lower (III), T=through (IV), R=ram (V)  
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Treatment for greenstick fx   Reduction if needed and short arm cast for 3-4 months  
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Buckle fracture with intact periosteum   Torus fx  
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Treatment for torus fx   3-4 weeks immobilization in a short arm cast (young children need long arm cast)  
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__ fat pad sign is usually normal   Anterior  
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__ fat pad sign is always pathologic and indicates supracondylar fx   Posterior  
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What is the most common elbow fx in children   Supracondylar fx  
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Which epicondyle is most commonly fractured   Medial  
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What is the mnemonic for the ossification of the elbow   CRITOL, C=capitellum, R=radius, I= internal epicondyle, T=trochlea, O=olecranon, L=lateral epicondyle  
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For scoliosis monitor curves less than __   20 degrees  
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For scoliosis curves <__ are unlikely to progress   20; monitor (6-12 month xrays)  
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Scoliosis; for curves __ x-ray and bracing   25-45 degrees  
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Scoliosis; for curves >__ rod and grafting   45-50 degrees  
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When should you order an MRI for scoliosis   Onset before 8 yo  
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Most common place for spondylolysis   L5  
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Growing pains are more common in __   2-5 year old boys, calves most common location  
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Osgood-schlatter is more common in __   10-14 year old boys  
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What should be in your differential for a limp   Transient synovitis, septic joint, Legg-Calve-Perthes, SCFE, fractures, contusion, malignancy  
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Septic joint and osteomyelitis frequently follows __   URI  
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SS of septic joint/osteomyelitis   Fever, joint or bone pain, leukocytosis  
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Common etiologic organisms for septic joint and osteomyelitis   Bone: GAS, S. aureus Joint: H. flu, GAS, E. coli, N. gonorrhea  
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Avascular necrosis of the femoral head, 2-11 yo, insidious groin and anterior thigh pain, limp. Loss of int and ext rotation. Mottled femoral head on x-ray   Legg-Calve-Perthes disease  
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Femoral head displace from femoral neck through the physis. Obese, hypogonadic, adolescent boys, presents with limp and hip/thigh, or knee pain, loss of IR, flexion/abduction; 60% bilateral   Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)  
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#1 bone tumor in children, pain free mass, rarely malignant   Osteochondroma  
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Most common foot deformity of the newborn, caused by uterine packing, can be passively corrected, self correcting by 12-18 months   Metatarsus adductus  
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Tibial torsion self corrects by __   2-4 years  
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Bow legs   Genu varum  
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Differential for genu varum   Rickets, Blount’s disease  
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Knock knees   Genu valgum  
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Gait appears clumsy, patellae and feet point inward, child may trip often and tends to sit in β€œW” position, spontaneous resolution by late childhood   Femoral anteversion  
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Congenital deformity, fixed ankle plantar flexion, heel inversion, varus forefoot   Talipes equinovarus β€œclub foot”  
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Well localized posterior calcaneus pain along Achilles insertion, very common in 7-15 y/o   calcaneal apophysitis (Sever’s disease)  
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Absent longitudinal arch of foot   Pes planus  
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Spondylo imaging   Spondylolysis oblique (Scottie dog); spondylolisthesis lateral (step-off sometimes seen)  
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Intoeing DDx   Metatarsus adductus; Tibial torsion; increased femoral anteversion; Genu varum  
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Club foot epidemiology   1:1000, M>F slightly  
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Tx (Poseti) for club foot   Serial casting; Surgical tendon release; Night brace 2 years  
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