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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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(1%) - Watch out ... : - Gout - Pseudo ... gout - Osteoarthritis ... #diagnosis #msk ... #physicalexam
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Crystalline - Gout ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... Erythematosus (SLE), should
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... • This case should ... • Gout can present ... Differential diagnosis ... #Gouty #Arthritis
Speed's Test on Shoulder Examination

With the arm straight out (elbow fully extended) at 90 degrees of
the arm straight out ... of pain in the biceps ... #PhysicalExam # ... bicipital #tendinitis #biceps ... #orthopedics #msk
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Monoarticular • Gout ... -4 joints) • Gout ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
axial (spine, shoulders ... Very hard to get out ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
fluid protein should ... practitioners to rule out ... point to rule out ... should also include ... diagnosis #workup #algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Debate if this should ... fluid leaking out ... Disease - Rheumatoid Arthritis
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... First, physicians should ... tests to sort out ... the much smaller differential ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Algorithm
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... • Gout/pseudogout ... #Leg #pain #differential ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam