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Test yourself with DundeeBones’ Self Assessment Questions.  There are problem solving questions and extended matching item (EMI) styles to try.  Answers will be posted nearby!

The child with  a limp

A.  malignant primary bone tumour

B.  Perthe’s disease

C.  Septic arthritis

D. Developmental dysplasia of the hip

E.  Osgood -Schlatter’s  disease

F.  Slipped upper femoral  epiphysis

Match the following presentations with the most  likely diagnosis above:

1.  an overweight 13 year old boy with  a limp for 3 weeks

2.  a 14 year old boy with a warm hard mass above the knee

3.  a two year old with  painfree limp since starting to walk

4  a 6 year old boy with knee pain and a limp for  2 months

5  a 3 year old girl with a swollen knee and a fever with pain on weight bearing.

 

Theme : pathology

A S1 nerve root entrapment

B  spondylolisthesis

C  central  cord compression

D T1 root entrapment

E  C5/6 root entrapment

F  L3 root compression on the  left

G  infection in the L4/5 disc

H  spinal  tumour

I  cauda equina lesion

J  L3 root compression  on the right side

Match the clinical presentations below to the most appropriate pathology listed above:

1. Neck pain and wasting of the interossei muscles in the hand

2.  Depressed right knee jerk and weakness on knee extension

3. Pain shooting from the back down the side of the leg to the lateral  side of the foot

4. Back pain without radiation in a 60 year-old woman associated with pyrexia, high white cell count and a “hot spot”    on bone scan.

5. Bilateral  leg pain with back pain and urinary retention.

6. Loss of ankle jerk on examination.

 

MCQs on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome is due to which nerve being compressed?

A. Radial

B. Musculocutaneous

C. Ulnar

D. Median

Carpal tunnel syndrome is typically due to entrapment at the:

A. Flexor retinaculum

B. Spiral groove in the humerus

C. 1st cervical rib

D. Ligament of Struthers

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