Exam 2
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1. according to dr. listen to your patient
pressman, the most
important thing to
do when performing
a systematic evalua-
tion is to...
2. according to dr. reproduce & isolate the pain in the patient
pressman, when per-
forming a physi-
cal examination, our
goal is to...
3. the plantar fat pad is adipose chambers enveloped by fibrous septa ; pressure & shock absorber
characterized as [...]
with the main func- disruption
tion of [...]. what are atrophy 2° to age
the etiologies that abnormal biomechanics (ex. pes cavus)
can result in disrup- steroid use
tion of this structure? diabetes
collagen vascular disease
4. which areas of the plantar aspect of 1st MT & 5th MT
foot are most affect- lateral aspect of foot
ed by fat pad insuffi- heel
ciency/atrophy, par-
ticularly in those that "1st MPJ & 5th MPJ, those are very common pressure points"
have a cavus foot
type?
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5. MT fat pad migra- fat pad is moved distally to directly beneath the sulcus of the toes due to
tion biomechanical forces
visualized this leaves the MT heads exposed
6. what are the conser- conservative
vative & non-conser- padding/strapping (pad is placed proximal to MT heads)
vative treatment op- orthotic device
tions for fat pad insuf-
ficiency? non-conservative
fat pad grafting
soft tissue filler injections
7. foreign body granu- foreign body, which can be either exogenous (i.e glass, metal, wood splin-
lomas ter) or endogenous (i.e tissue that has become altered in some way), is
explain how they unable to be phagocytized by the body
form.
what type of material if not removed during acute inflammatory rxn, it becomes encapsulated w/
are highly inflamma- fibrous tissue & forms a granuloma
tory?
what type of material are highly inflammatory?
how soon after injury
organic & vegetative foreign bodies are highly inflammatory
do they form?
describe how they
how soon after injury do they form?
present clinically.
years after injury
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clinal presentation
red/red-brown papules/nodules/plaques (+/-) ulceration
8. which type of mate- organic & vegetative
rial is highly inflam-
matory when recog- "vegetative material more inflammatory than inert material"
nized by the body as
foreign?
9. foreign objects that radiopaque (ex. glass, metallic objects): can be identified on plain x-ray 85%
are [...] can be iden- of the time
tified relatively easi-
ly on an x-ray ([...]% radiolucent (ex. organic material, wood & plastics): cannot be identified on
of the time) while for- plain x-ray, require ultrasound
eign objects that are
[...] cannot be identi-
fied on a plain x-ray
& therefore are iden-
tified via [...].
10. what is the most our own epidermal skin cells
common foreign
body that causes a when we step on something, not only does the object enter the foot but so
foreign body granu- does the skin cells, which are out of place & are thus considered foreign
loma in the foot?
11. following an x-ray, ultrasound
which imagining
modality should be
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