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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... Sciatica • Tarsal tunnel ... #differential #diagnosis ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... or without back pain ... for NMO, SLE or Sjogren's ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Bechet disease - Sjogren
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... Syndrome Diagnosis ... neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
basal ganglia, CNS ... meningitis), MCC CNS ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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(CES) is usually ... • Transverse myelitis ... lumbar stenosis • Vascular ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
dermatomyositis, Sjogren ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... and CNS • Headache ... • Transverse Myelitis ... #Rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Tests: • Measure ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... nucleotidase 1A (Anti cN ... muscle disease/muscular ... #Myopathy #rheumatology