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Inflammatory Myopathies
Dermatomyositis
 • Onset: Subacute
 • Pattern: Proximal
 • CK: Up to 50X ULN
 • Autoantibodies:
Inflammatory Myopathies ... Associated Features: Weakness ... BrighamChiefs #Inflammatory ... #Myopathies #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Upper Motor Neuron ... spinal cord • Inflammatory ... changes - Common pattern ... #Differential #
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Diagnosis and Patterns ... may radiate into lower ... infectious, or inflammatory ... paresthesias and weakness ... #Features #Comparison
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... Foreign body • Inflammatory ... - Structural weakness ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... spasticity • Lower ... Inflammatory: ... Upper extremity, lower ... #algorithm
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
the upper and lower ... myalgia and muscle weakness ... Syndrome: - Ocular inflammatory ... - (C-ANCA) pattern ... - (P-ANCA) pattern