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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases ... Inflammatory: MS ... Demyelinating #Diseases ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Arthritis ... Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... medial rotation • Sacroiliac ... pathophysiology #causes ... signs #diagnosis #msk
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Connective Tissue Disease ... - Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Pneumonconiosis - Lung disease ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... disease • Myasthenia ... Infections - HIV ... Trichinosis - Lyme disease ... #neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... : HIV test, a rubella ... exclude inflammatory disease ... connective-tissue disease ... #Rheumatic #Disease
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Lesions) • Fifth Disease ... rash) • Primary HIV ... tuberculosis • Lyme Disease ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... e.g., congenital hip ... necrosis, and Paget disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
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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- Systemic disease ... Gonorrhea - Lyme’s disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... SLE - Behcet Disease ... - Sickle cell disease
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... Negative urine dip ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Cardio-pulmonary disease ... Deconditioning • Arthritis ... • Endocrine Disease ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology