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Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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- Differential Diagnosis ... spine/Pelvis - Positive ... Osteomalacia / Ricketts ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia
 • CNS: Seizures, Delirium, Paresthesias, Central & extrapontine myelinolysis, Hallucinations, Fatigue
 • Hematologic:
failure • Bones: Rickets ... Bone pain • MSK ... Symptoms #Signs #Diagnosis
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Refeeding Syndrome ... Hypophosphatemic Rickets ... Osteomalacia • Fanconi Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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The clinical diagnosis ... Infographic by Anna Pickens ... Criteria #Sign #Hand #MSK ... #Diagnosis
Freiberg's Test for Piriformis Syndrome

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, internally rotate the hip.
Pain in the
for Piriformis Syndrome ... gluteal region is a positive ... #Piriformis #syndrome ... #physicalexam #msk
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Achondroplasia) • Rickets ... 21 • Noonan Syndrome ... • Turner Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
• Vitamin D - Rickets ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Rotator Cuff Syndrome ... Rotator #Cuff #Syndrome ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #sports #MSK #anatomy
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Disease - Double Positive ... Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
for Piriformis Syndrome ... The test is positive ... Test #Piriformis #Syndrome ... lumbar #sciatica #msk