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Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
Positive Varus Stress Test ... An MRI confirmed ... repair of the ligament ... #PhysicalExam #Sports ... #Orthopedics #Knee
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
Differential diagnosis ... capsuloligamentous injury ... shoulder #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
hallucis longus Differential ... diagnosis for similar ... findings and torn ligament ... osteochondral lesion ... #diagnosis #msk
Posterolateral Corner (PLC) Injury - Posterolateral Drawer Test
Injury to the posterolateral corner (PLC) is difficult to
is difficult to diagnose ... Most lesions of ... posterior cruciate ligament ... #PhysicalExam #Sports ... #Orthopedics #Knee
Lachman Test for ACL Injury

The patient lies supine and with the knee in ~20-30 degrees of
ACL Injury The ... -30 degrees of flexion ... #Cruciate #Ligament ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics ... #sports
Soft Tissue Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Septic
 • Septic Bursitis
 • Necrotizing Fasciitis
 • Septic
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cellulitis Ligament ... • Labral Injury ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
(save $$) Differential ... diagnosis: • Salter ... Harris injury: ... #clinical #mri ... #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
Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ...  West Nile virus ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord lesion ... on MRI
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
Thomas" sign to diagnosis ... • Due to injury ... scapholunate interosseous ligament ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Posterior Drawer Test for PCL Injury on Knee Examination

The patient lays supine with the knee approximately
for PCL Injury ... 90 degrees of flexion ... #Cruciate #Ligament ... #physicalexam #orthopedics ... #msk #sports