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Pelvis Insufficiency fractures
 - Back pain consistently one of the top three most common ER chief
- Back pain consistently ... a major pelvic cause ... of low back pain ... often require MRI ... diagnosis #radiology #mri
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... See pathologic fractures ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... JointPain #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... - Differential ... deficits, nocturnal pain ... of neoplasm • Fracture ... #BackPain #Differential
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... • Compression fracture ... , Pathologic fracture ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes
Radial Fracture Due to Parathyroid Carcinoma- ...A plain radiograph of the left arm showed a diaphyseal
Carcinoma- ...A plain ... He underwent parathyroidectomy ... which is a rare cause ... hormone levels...A plain ... year after the parathyroidectomy
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... - Differential ... e.g„ Myofascial Pain ... Intraarticular #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... pulposus, Compression fracture ... Lower #BackPain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... • XR, MRI to ... • Differentiate ... SickleCell #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
patient) - 90% - Differential ... Audiogram - Perform MRI ... • Metabolic Causes ... Whiplash • Skull Fracture ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes