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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 ... Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... Effusions #causes #differential ... diagnosis #msk #physicalexam
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Vision Loss - Differential ... Nerve • Temporal Arteritis ... Acute #VisionLoss #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... • Giant cell arteritis ... #Diplopia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behcet disease) Differential ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Ocular melanoma • Arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Pulsatile Exophthalmos on Physical Exam - Protrusion and Pulsation of the eyeball

The differential diagnosis of pulsatile
the eyeball The differential ... #Exophthalmos #PhysicalExam ... video #ocular #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... thrombosis, Temporal arteritis ... painful #painless #differential ... diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... pain syndrome • Arthritis ... #Leg #pain #differential ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Giant cell arteritis ... ) Giant cell arteritis ... versus Temporal Arteritis ... very remarkable w/differential ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology