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Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... thrombosis, Temporal arteritis ... Retro-orbital hematoma ... occlusion, Lens dislocation ... painful #painless #differential
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Papules & Mucosal Lesions ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... Thrombosis, Giant Cell Arteritis ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Headaches #diagnosis #differential
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK ... localized severe pain ... hallucis longus Differential ... osteochondral lesion ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
albumin-cytologic dissociation ... Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord lesion
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... Hepatitis • Hematoma ... #differential # ... lower #extremity #msk
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
) - MSK Radiology ... adolescent knee pain ... repeated follow-up MRI ... (save $$) Differential ... #clinical #mri
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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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... fracture - Patellar dislocation ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
of the Hip • Arthritis ... Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Stroke • Root Lesion ... Sacroiliac Joint Pain ... signs #diagnosis #msk
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain