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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 ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... - Systemic disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #msk #physicalexam
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... #SickleCell #Disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Posterolateral Corner (PLC) Injury - Posterolateral Drawer Test
Injury to the posterolateral corner (PLC) is difficult to
Posterolateral Corner ... is difficult to diagnose ... context of complex knee ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Orthopedics #Knee
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... , resulting in pain ... meninges, reducing pain ... despite severe disease ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Unilateral / Asymmetric Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis ... Cyst, Cellulitis, Knee ... Chronic: • Venous Disease ... Complex Regional Pain
Illustrations showing elements of a shoulder assessment. Also included on a shoulder assessment would be determination
elements of a shoulder ... included on a shoulder ... Pain in the anterior ... shoulder is a positive ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
and these should ... Malignancy - Night pain ... neurology, back pain ... Rheumatology ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Associated with Joint Pain ... infection • Lyme disease ... migrans • Lyme disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
mellitus, thyroid disease ... pain: Diffuse throughout ... pain • Incr Shoulder ... painShoulder ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... axial (spine, shoulders ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology