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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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- Differential Diagnosis ... - Systemic disease ... - Synovium - Oral ... #differential #diagnosis ... #msk #physicalexam
Stress Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Abnormal biomechanics, Repetitive impact activities
=> Repetitive subthreshold mechanical loading
=> Bone strain
=>
clinical findings Abnormal ... StressFractures #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
REBEL Review 100: Canadian Syncope Risk Score 

Predisposition to Vasovagal Symptoms (-1)
History of Heart Disease (1)
Any
Predisposition to Vasovagal Symptoms ... History of Heart Disease ... Troponin (>99% of Normal ... ) (2) Abnormal ... stratification #diagnosis
Patellofemoral Syndrome - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Knee Pain with possible symptoms of 'catching'
findings • Anterior Knee ... with possible symptoms ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... without Pulmonary Disease ... Cyanotic Heart Disease ... Chronic Chest Symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Mytomes - Segmental Innervation of Muscles
Shoulder	Abduction	C5	Axillary Nerve
Shoulder	Adduction	C6-C8	Thoracodorsal Nerve
Elbow	Flexion	C5	Musculocutaneous Nerve
Elbow	Extension	C7	Radial Nerve
Wrist	Extension	C6	Radial Nerve
Fingers	Flexion	C8	Median Nerve
Fingers	Abduction	T1	Ulnar Nerve
Hip	Flexion	L2	Nerve to Psoas
Hip	Extension	S1	Inferior Gluteal
Gluteal Nerve Knee ... Tibial Nerve Knee ... #MuscleGroups #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Neurology ... #Diagnosis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Differential Diaqnoses ... • Muscular: normal ... CK, normal biopsy ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Diagnostic ... When present, symptoms ... concentration in the normal ... von Willebrand disease
Vertebral Body Abnormalities

A sheet of common (and uncommon) vertebral body findings, because a completely “normal” spine
a completely “normal ... Hemivertebra Scheuermann Disease ... Abnormalities #Radiology #MSK ... Anomalies #Spine #Diagnosis ... #Vertebrae #diseases
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
occur around the knee ... phase • Paget disease ... @docskalski #Knee ... #Bone #Tumors #Diagnosis ... Radiology #XRay #msk