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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Fusion of Lumbar Spine ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... #Differential #
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Syndrome -> Anterior spinal ... and lower motor neuron ... bladder and rectal reflex ... signs #symptoms #msk
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... severe destructive arthropathy ... Differential diagnosis ... tenosynovitis: Differentiate ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Lower motor neuron ... - Upper motor neuron ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease Motor Neuron ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
brain up to the spinal ... arise from the spinal ... tract in the spinal ... form part of the differential ... positive Babinski reflex
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Gastro-Esophageal Reflux ... Disorder • Spinal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... diagnosis #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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mass compression, spinal ... gait, strength, reflexes ... superior iliac spine ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 
Esophageal Dysphagia 
 • Upper 2/3 (striated muscle): stroke, NMJ
Dysphagia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... disorders, ALS, MS ... muscular dystrophy, spinal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm