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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #lower
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Loss of pain and ... Mixed upper and lower ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
) - Common Differential ... Diagnosis and Patterns ... may radiate into lower ... paresthesias in one ... #Lower #BackPain
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
Classification - Pelvic and Lower ... than 50% of the bone ... Tarsometatarsal Injury ... Classification #Pelvic #Lower ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
spasticity • Lower ... decreased muscle tone ... compression by fractured ... Upper extremity, lower ... #spinal #cord #spinalcord
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
 •
Findings Compression/injury ... must be absent: lower ... Negative Straight Leg ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Weakness - Lower ... Vertebral burst fracture ... - Leg weakness ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... #diagnosis #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Syndrome: • large lower ... Inspection - lower ... Palpation - lower ... or unilateral lower ... decreased or absent lower
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... hematuria + clots ➔ Lower ... Immune mediated injury ... Hematuria: • Stone ... Bladder (Upper and Lower
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
adolescent knee pain ... studies point toward lower ... (save $$) Differential ... diagnosis: • Salter ... Harris injury: