Exam 20: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue

What does the abbreviation AKA stand for?

____________________ affects children, usually between the ages of 2 and 5 years; it may affect only a few joints or many joints in the body.

____ is/are the front of the body or organ.

Necrotizing fasciitis, also called ____________________, is a rare but serious condition in which an infection occurs in the tissues below the skin. It usually is caused by group A Streptococcus.

Myelopathy is compression of the ____________________.

Match each definition to one of the following items. -The position of the body or an organ relative to the vertical axis of the body

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Lower limb amputation status-below left knee

The patient was admitted to the hospital because of severe left hip pain that is often worse during the night. X-rays of the hip were taken in the ER. A preliminary report showed that the patient possibly had Paget disease of the left femur, which was responsible for the patient's pain. Alkaline phosphatase was elevated, and a bone scan was done to determine the extent of the disease.Final Diagnoses: Severe hip pain due to Paget disease

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Personal history of arthritis

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Special screening-rheumatoid arthritis

What does the abbreviation SLE stand for?

ICD-10-CM has a combination code for osteoporosis with pathologic fracture.

The patient was admitted from the ER for chest pain to rule out MI. The patient also had some difficulty breathing and pain when taking a deep breath. The patient does have a family history of ischemic heart disease and is positive for the following cardiac risk factors: male, older than age 65, hypertension, smoker, and overweight. After evaluation and monitoring, an MI was ruled out. Cardiology thought the most likely cause for his chest pain was costochondritis.Final Diagnoses: Chest pain due to costochondritis Hypertension Smoker, current nicotine dependence (cigarettes) Overweight Family history of ischemic heart disease

Tennis elbow (right): __________

An 83-year-old woman with severe back pain is admitted. CT shows osteoporosis and possible compression fracture of the lumbar spine. The patient is seen by interventional radiology, and a percutaneous vertebroplasty is performed.Discharge Diagnosis: Pathologic fracture of lumbar vertebra due to senile osteoporosis

Spinal fusion is the creation of a solid bone bridge between two or more adjacent vertebrae to create stability between levels of the spine.

Kaschin-Beck disease, right ankle: __________

Subacute osteomyelitis of sacrum with decubitus sacral ulcer, stage 3. Staphylococcus aureus is the causative organism.

Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone that often starts in another part of the body and is spread by the blood.

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Toward the head