Most common sites of bone tumors mnemonic

I made these mnemonics on request by an awesomite, Yashwanth.

Here's the most common sites list he sent, mnemonics follow.

Neurogenic claudication

Hey!

Did you know there is something called as neurogenic claudication?

De Quervain syndrome notes

Intro:
Here's a short post on De Quervain syndrome :D

Montegia and galezzia fractures mnemonic

Hello everyone! 

In today's post, I'll be sharing a mnemonic on Monteggia and Galezzia fractures! 

U for ulna in Monteggia  

R for radius in Galezzia 

Also, U in Monteggia is at the Upper end of ulna. 

R in Galezzia is at the lower end of radius. 

Another mnemonic is M for Monteggia, M for the medial bone, which is ulna! 

Submitted by DoctorWizard 

Sticks like a gum

I am generally against the idea of using mnemonics.. but this particular one is a life saver for me.. though stupid :D

Think of a chewing GUM, think of the times when it was stuck to your fingers..and you struggled to get rid of it.

That's how valgum..when things stick to each other.

No more worries as to what is genu valgum and genu varus.

Additional mnemonic by Subbiah: After K is L, by alphabetical order. Hence Knock knees is vaLgum.

Causes of triple deformity of the knee mnemonic

To remember the causes of TRIPLE DEFORMITY of knee, remember word "TRIPLE"

T - TB
R - Rheumatoid arthritis
I - Illiotibial band
P - Polio
E - Excessive bleeding

Submitted by Aditi Bhosale

Bone in bone appearance mnemonic

Remember mnemonic, "TOPDOG" for bone in bone appearance:

T - Thalassemia
O - Osteoporosis
P - Pyles disease
D - Diaphragmatic achalasia
O - Osteodysplasty
G - Gauchers disease

Submitted by Aditi Bhosale

Good prognostic factors in nerve injury mnemonic

Good prognostic factors in nerve injury.

Remember that, "NERVE is Good"

N-Neuropraxia
E-Early repair
R-Radial that is pure motor or poor sensory has best prognosis
V-Vascularity intact
E-End to end anastomosis
G- growing age

Submitted by Aditi Bhosale

Clinical and radiological features of rickets mnemonic

Hello!

So I had created this video long back but just realized I never uploaded it on the blog. Here it is! :)

Age of completion of ossification mnemonic

Hello!

For those who forget the age at which ossification centres close, this post is for you!

Osgood Schlatter disease mnemonic

Mini mnemonic for the day!

OsGood SchaTTer: Oh God. Traction shattered my Tibial Tuberosity.

-IkaN

Study group discussion: Bone tumors

Osteoclastoma is a giant cell tumor, right?

And these giant cells can be differentiated from other giant cells on the basis of the number of nucleoli present?

 Yo

These giant cells will have about a 100 nucleoli

Osteogenic sarcoma is osteosarcoma. it is a malignant tumor

 names are confusing
 Osteosarcoma, osteoblastoma, osteoclastoma
 The other two are benign?

GCT(osteoclastoma) is a special variant bone tumor
Does not come under either benign or malignant
 Based on number of giant celss an osteoclastoma is loosely classified from typical to aggressive to malignant
 More giant cells and less stroma its benign, less giant cells more stroma its aggressive.

Osteoblastoma is a rare primary neoplasm of bone, categorized as a benign bone tumor that is closely related to osteoid osteoma. It differs from osteoid osteoma in its ability to grow larger than 2.0 cm in diameter and its aggressive behavior in bone.

Heberden’s and Bouchard’s Nodes Mnemonic

Heberden’s nodes are present in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints, while Bouchard’s nodes are present in the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints.

Here's a mnemonic for it!

Bones that undergo avascular necrosis mnemonic

Hello!

The bones that are at risk for avascular necrosis are:

Head of femur
Body of Talus
Scaphoid (Preiser's disease)

Here's a mnemonic for it!

Tuberculosis spine mnemonic (Potts disease)

I made this for my reference, so that I could make sure that I'd be able to write all the points, in case a LAQ was asked about it.

Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (CTEV) and club foot surgical treatment mnemonic

The mnemonic for club foot is, "ADMiT IT IS CTEV" and for surgical treatment of CTEV is "STRAIGHTED".

I talk about them in the video. 

http://youtu.be/9Jht4dSmpwI

Colles fracture mnemonic

Hello fellow medical students!

Colles fracture is associated with a "Dinner fork" deformity so I remember the other eating utensil, the "Spoon" to memorize everything about Colles.

Types of sequestrum

Since there isn't a complete post on it online, I thought I'd write about it.

Clinical features of tuberculosis spine mnemonic

Here's the illustration!

Tuberculosis spine mnemonic

I made this for my reference, so that I could make sure that I'd be able to write all the points, in case a LAQ was asked about it.