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Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Congenital Heart Disorders ... - Classification ... and Differential Algorithm ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Diseases #Classification
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... should have other symptoms ... #msk #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... Fasciitis) - Muscle ... Fibromyalgia • Myositis ... Intraarticular #MSK
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Transverse myelitis ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... cord #spinalcord #disorders ... differential #algorithm
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis ... Tests: • Measure CK ... (symmetric) • CK ... weakness • CK ... • Myositis •
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
 -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pain/Proximal Muscle ... • Bone Marrow Disorder ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Focal inflammatory disorder ... super-antigen mediated disease ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Pallidum - Lyme Disease ... MCTD - Bechet disease
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... within the deltoid muscle ... consistent with myositis ... other systemic disorders ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Classification
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... neuritis • Partial myelitis ... defect SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ... impairment, Mood disorder ... Signs and symptoms