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Pelvis Insufficiency fractures
 - Back pain consistently one of the top three most common ER chief
Insufficiency fractures ... a major pelvic cause ... confounding the diagnosis ... #Pelvic #diagnosis ... #radiology #mri
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... of neoplasm • Fracture ... • Tumor/lnfection ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... a mass as the cause ... Migraine is a diagnosis ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... #Algorithm #Causes
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mechanical: • Larynx fracture ... Tracheal mass/tumor ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
• Giant cell tumor ... island • Stress fracture ... Chondrosarcoma • Stress fracture ... #Bone #Tumors #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Radiology
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... edema, blood or tumor ... the alveoli and cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Radial Fracture Due to Parathyroid Carcinoma- ...A plain radiograph of the left arm showed a diaphyseal
Radial Fracture ... had received a diagnosis ... which is a rare cause ... year after the diagnosis ... #clinical #radiology
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Absence of a fracture ... Finger deformity caused ... injuries: Avulsion fracture ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... - Most common cause ... (vegetations)/tumor ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay
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• Giant cell tumor ... island • Stress fracture ... Chondrosarcoma • Stress fracture ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #XRay