USMLE Step 1 Review/Musculoskeletal

Anatomy:

Upper Limb Lower Limb

Physiology:

metabolic pathway

Biochemistry

Glycolysis

Back Pain: DISK MASS
D ==   Degeneration: DJD, Osteoporosis, spondylosis

I  ==   Infection: UTI, PID, Potts, osteomyelitis, prostatitis, Injury/fracture, compression fracture.

S ==   Spondylitis, ankylosing Spondyloarthropathies (rheumatoid arthritis, Reiters,  SLE)

K ==   Kidney stones/infarction/infection (pyelo/abscess)

M ==  Multiple myeloma, Metastasis from breast, prostate, lung, thyroid, kidney CA

A ==   Aneurysm, Abdominal pain referred to the back (see acute abdominal pain)

S ==   Slipped disk, Spondylolisthesis

S ==   Strain, Scoliosis/lordosis, Skin: herpes zoster.