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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 ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #msk ... #abscess #tibiotalar
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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Fever/Chills/Joint ... Knee Effusions - Septic ... - SLE - Behcet ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... differential #diagnosis #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 ... syndrome (Clinical ... ulcers in 12 months plus ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
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
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... muscle aches, joint ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... arthritis, and ... Fungal #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 ... disease - Sjogren ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management