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Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
Achilles Tendon ... etiology Signs/Symptoms ... - Weakness to ankle ... TendonRupture #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
syndesmotic ligament tear ... • Achilles tendinopathy ... signal of the achilles ... tendon ... flexion but no symptoms
Haglund Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The Haglund Deformity (enlarged superior margin calcaneal posterior process)
Partial undersurface tear ... heterogeneity & possible tear ... Differential diagnosis ... Heel #clinical #mri ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
MRI is more sensitive ... tuberosity Differential diagnosis ... tear (similar symptoms ... patella #clinical #mri ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
venous thrombosis Near ... temporal area pain - Tender ... arteritis or acute angle ... Headache #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #symptoms
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
per 100,000 per year ... depressed deep tendon ... than one after symptom ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... include forefoot, ankles ... extensor elbows, Achilles ... tendon, fingers ... 2 attacks in a year
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... diminished, or tender ... • Progressive symptoms ... oligoclonal bands • MRI