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Purulent Ankle Joint on POCUS
Young patient 2 weeks status post ORIF of ankle fracture presents with
found to have septic ... arthritis and osteomyelitis ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk #infected ... #pus #abscess #tibiotalar
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... Hepatitis • Hematoma ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... Poikilothermia • Septic ... lower #extremity #msk
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... erythema nodosum (septal ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... ulcers in 12 months plus ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
history of trauma, sepsis ... organ damage Clinical ... Subcutaneous dissecting hematoma ... • Severe Liver Disease ... causes #treatment #management
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... • Unilateral optic ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
new cases in the US ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... for brain and/or optic ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... arthritis, and ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management