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Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... Damage (Trauma/crush ... exercise) • Muscle ... Disease (myositis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Fasciitis) - Muscle ... Delayed Onset Muscle ... Fibromyalgia • Myositis ... Intraarticular #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Myositis Ossificans in vastus intermedius on POCUS after trauma - Transverse View

Young male with MMA injury
Myositis Ossificans ... hypoechoic oval masses ... in muscle belly ... #POCUS #muscle ... #msk #clinical #
Myositis Ossificans in vastus intermedius on POCUS after trauma - Sagittal View

Young male with MMA injury
Myositis Ossificans ... hypoechoic oval masses ... in muscle belly ... #POCUS #muscle ... #msk #clinical #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Lyme disease Muscle ... Compartment syndrome • Myositis ... • Trauma • Crush ... blunt trauma, crush ... lower #extremity #msk
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Tetanus, Transverse Myelitis ... aminoglycosides) • Muscles ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Cramps: • Muscle ... fatigue Heat Rash ... High body temperatures ... Hyperventilation, Dizziness, Nausea ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... within the deltoid muscle ... consistent with myositis ... Case description ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
(blue-purple) rash ... • Erythematous rash ... prognosis due to a high ... Men • ~50% of cases ... vasculopathies • Proximal muscle
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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- Emergency Causes ... • Transverse myelitis ... lower extremity muscle ... and posterior thigh ... differential #diagnosis #causes