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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
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Claudication) - Cold ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... #Orthopedics #Causes
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
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
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... Vertebral burst fracture ... syndromes #lesions #differential
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
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord ...  Spinal Cord
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