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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... spondylosis Systemic: Inflammatory ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #msk
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Inflammatory Bowel ... Inflammatory Bowel ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Diagnosis • Inflammatory ... : MS, ADEM, NMO, ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Autoimmune - See inflammatory ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
Bone Lesion on X-Ray - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Exostotic
 • Osteochondroma
Asymptomatic &/or Non-Active Bone Scam
 •
Non-ossifying Fibroma Inflammatory ... appearance) Not Inflammatory ... BoneLesion #XRay #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
vs Non-Inflammatory ... Inflammatory vs. ... Non-inflammatory ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... Pre-eclampsia • Inflammatory ... Diagnosis #radiology #POCUS
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Candidiasis Inflammatory ... arthritis - Inflammatory ... Knee #Effusions #causes ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Diagnosis Framework Inflammatory ... Pain • Is it inflammatory ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... pattern Acute Inflammatory ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gouty Arthritis) - MSK ... Case description ... - **MSK rads ... diagnosis: • Inflammatory ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk