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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... “Pseudogout” - Calcium ... Reiter’s syndrome) Aseptic ... Bowel Disease - Arthropathy ... monoarthritis #monoarticular
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Elevated ... Bony Mets - Calcium ... Hypercalcemia #Differential ... Algorithm #causes #endocrinology
Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
Hypercalcemia #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #calcium #elevated
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
consistent with Calcium ... adjacent to the Calcium ... This is generally monoarticular ... severe destructive arthropathy ... Differential diagnosis
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
Lithium use • Calcium-sensing ... • Sarcoidosis (elevated ... Hypercalcemia #Causes #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis
Decreased calcium absorption
 • Vitamin D deficiency
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Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Decreased calcium ... Syndromes Increased calcium ... Miscellaneous • Sepsis ... Diagnosis #Causes #endocrinology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... deviation • Jaccoud arthropathy ... sediment, and elevated ... , APLA, PAC • Aseptic