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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
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... spondylitis - Sacroiliac ... : HIV test, a rubella ... level to exclude myositis ... osteomalacia) • Sacroiliac
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
super-antigen mediated disease ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Pallidum - Lyme Disease ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... - Lyme disease ... Compartment syndrome • Myositis ... lower #extremity #msk
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
disease 24- ... C3, C4 - Test for ... infections are common causes ... of glomerular disease ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
. 5) C3, C4 - Test ... infections are common causes ... of glomerular disease ... #glomerular #disease ... initial #testing #nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... Vasculitis - Skin, glomeruli ... : - Kidneys: glomerular ... retinopathy Lab Tests ... Cryoglobulins • HIV
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
include a: • Neurologic ... Onset ○ Meniere disease ... cause unknown) ... Noise trauma ○ MS ... ○ Lyme disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Xerostomia • Dental caries ... neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Arthralgia and Arthritis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
of shoulder and hip ... affects the skin, neurologic ... • Kidneys: Non-glomerular ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... tract, and often causes