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Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease - Skull/spine ... / Ricketts - Diffuse ... Pain/Proximal Muscle
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Mechanisms of Pain ... localized, crampy, diffuse ... Post-stroke • Spinal ... Mechanisms #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... continence • Pain ... compression by fractured ... Symptoms: • Back pain ... #algorithm
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
wall thinning • Features ... Doppler to localize ... Doppler with lower ... anterior infarct in apical ... acuteMI #cardiology #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Vitamin B12, Copper ... : - Loss of pain ... Vertebral burst fracture ... multiradicular pain ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm ... High-risk Features ... sulfa-drug - Skin pain ... Maculopapular #Scaling #Color ... #Differential #
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Alterations: - Sensory features ... or without back pain ... Vitamin B12 and copper ... Vitamin B12, E, D, copper ... management #neurology #differential