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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Vascular Infectious Trauma ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine • Trauma ... in legs does not ... suspected, immediate MRI ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
of a fracture does ... ED Management: Pain ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Loss of pain and ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
FOPE lesion) - MSK ... adolescent knee pain ... • DOES NOT require ... repeated follow-up MRI ... #msk
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Sensitivity to pain ... resonance imaging [MRI ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
ED Management Be ... prophylactic antibiotic treatment ... ED Management: Pain ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... anti—muscle-specific kinase (MuSK ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... exacerbation at high doses ... #management #neurology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... Moderate orbital pain ... R-G or B-Y • MRI ... - Typical MS-like ... ON: should be considered
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology