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Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... Enchondroma • Aneurysmal ... #Bony #Tumors # ... Tumours #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Bone Lesion on X-Ray - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Exostotic
 • Osteochondroma
Asymptomatic &/or Non-Active Bone Scam
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- Differential ... Cysts • Aneurysmal ... • Giant Cell Tumor ... #XRay #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay
Age <
cyst • Aneurysmal ... involucrum • Paget disease ... phase • Paget disease ... #Bony #Differential ... Radiology #XRay #MSK
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Connective tissue disease ... • Vascular - abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... #primarycare #msk
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... • Aneurysm ... both Hodgkin's disease ... form from bone marrow ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... : - Aneurysmal ... bone cyst - Osteochondroma ... diagnosis #msk #
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Erythropoietin Secreting Tumor ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Ultrasound High ... #Hematology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... of Dyspnea - Differential ... ILD, Sarcoid, Tumor ... • Chronic: Tumor ... #Differential #
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... fragmentation and mild bone ... Hoffa fat pad and subcutaneous ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... marrow edema and bony
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Recurrent: Consider tumor ... genitourinary causes ... aortic aneurysms ... #Differential #