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Causes of Acute and Chronic Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Pelvic Pain:
 • Non-Gynecologic
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Causes of Acute and Chronic ... Pelvic Pain - Differential ... Fallopian Tube Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #OBGyn
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... in duration) - Differential ... Endometriosis • Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #OBGyn
Liver Abscess - Differential Diagnosis
Pyogenic:
 • Hepatobiliary
 • Colonic
 • Bacteremia
Entamoeba histolytica:
 • Fecal/oral
 • Colitis
Liver Abscess - Differential ... Hepatobiliary • Colonic ... if rupture • MRI ... US, serology • PAIR ... Liver #Abscess #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... acute/subacute/chronic ... Inflammation Mechanical/degenerative ... Caused By: - Chronic ... #Differential #
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Regurgitation (MR ... - Myxomatous degeneration ... Age-related changes, chronic ... MR occurs because ... Primary #Functional #Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... pneumonia (PJP), MAI ... involvement MAI ... , chronic diarrhea ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
Mucoid Degeneration ... mucinous signal on MRI ... Can present with chronic ... pain and restricted ... Differential Diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... tract: Abdominal pain ... oligoclonal bands • MRI ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic
Neurological Disorders and the Creative Process
Behavior:
 • Obsession and repetition: Frontotemporal Dementia/ Corticobasal degeneration
 • Functional
/ Corticobasal degeneration ... Inspiration: • Chronic ... pain: Poliomyelitis ... Creative #creativity #differential
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 ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ... cord lesion on MRI ...  CIDP: Chronic ... sensory level, MRI