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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back Pain ... Connective tissue disease ... aortic aneurysm ... BrighamChiefs #Lower ... #primarycare #msk
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... musculoskeletal causes Lower ... aortic aneurysm ... #Pain #Differential
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
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Recurrent: Consider tumor ... cardiac causes • Lower ... aortic aneurysms ... #Causes #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain - Differential ... splenomegaly, abscess) Lower ... Somatization #Chronic #Abdominal ... #Pain #Differential
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Peripheral/Mycotic Aneurysm ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... both Hodgkin's disease ... that form from bone ... breath • Chest pain ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... fragmentation and mild bone ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... Hoffa fat pad and subcutaneous ... tibial tuberosity Differential
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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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... : - Aneurysmal ... bone cyst - Osteochondroma ... #diagnosis #msk
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Bone ... Aortic/Iliac artery aneurysms ... diagnosis #lower ... #extremity #msk