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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Low Back Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Intrinsic Spine ... Compression fracture, Spinal ... stenosis, Spondylolisthesis ... #primarycare #msk
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis ... vertebral body (spondylolisthesis ... Spondylolysis #Spondylolisthesis ... #MSK #diagnosis
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... arthritis of the spine ... abnormalities: Scoliosis, Spondylolisthesis ... • Spinal stenosis ... #Back #Pain #Differential
Lumbar Neural Foraminal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No fat effacement, Keyhole appearance
MarkMamloukMD #Lumbar #Spinal ... #Stenosis #Spine ... Diagnosis #Radiology #MSK
Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No CSF effacement 
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Lumbar #Central #Spinal ... #Stenosis #Spine ... Diagnosis #Radiology #MSK
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... spondylitis - “Bamboo Spine ... Fusion of Lumbar Spine ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... #Differential #
Spondylosis - Pathogenesis and Complications

Vertebral disease that may compress the vertebral canal from all sides
Note: Do
inflammation of the spinal ... pathophysiology #msk
Causes of Back Pain #Diagnosis #EM #PrimaryCare #Differential #Back #Pain #BackPain #Spinal #Referred #Algorithm #Ddxof
#PrimaryCare #Differential ... Pain #BackPain #Spinal
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Brainstem - Spinal ... Brainstem - Spinal ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... • Fluid-like signal ... Differential diagnosis ... tenosynovitis: Differentiate ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk