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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pain: • Fracture ... #diagnosis #lower ... #extremity #msk
Tone - Leg Recoil on Physical Exam
To test leg recoil, the legs are fully flexed on
Tone - Leg Recoil ... quickly extended and ... #Leg #Recoil #Lower ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #peds #pediatrics
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Clinical Findings ... must be absent: lower ... Negative Straight Leg ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... following viral lower ... Other causes #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clinical findings ... lower motor neuron ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... pathology (i.e. lower ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical ... #msk
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
for Functional Lower ... Ask the patient ... normal people and ... #hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Diagnosis Framework ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... spasticity • Lower ... compression by fractured ... Upper extremity, lower
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
FOPE lesion) - MSK ... studies point toward lower ... (save $$) Differential ... #mri #clinical ... #msk
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Weakness - Lower ... Vertebral burst fracture ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology