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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Causes of Leg Pain ... : - Epidural abscess ... Fever/chills - Inability ... #differential #
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential ... - Constant Pain ... - Increased Pain ... blood vessels • Abscess
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
: - Loss of pain ... Presentation: - Loss of pain ... Bilateral loss of pain ... multiradicular pain ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... continence • Pain ... Symptoms: • Back pain ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
female with chest pain ... Sister had MI in ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
localized severe pain ... hallucis longus Differential ... similar location of pain ... osteochondral lesion: pain ... #mri #clinical
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... complaining of chest pain ... leads Cardiac MRI ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Differential diagnosis ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord ... lesion on MRI ...  Spinal Cord
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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Severe low back pain ... anesthesia • P - Pain ... Spinal infection/abscess ... - lower back pain ... Imaging studies: • MRI
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Disease - MSK Radiology ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... #mri #clinical