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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... Generally affects long ... • XR, MRI to ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... diagnosis #causes
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... mass and NO prior signs ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease
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 ... #msk
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Differential Bilat ... disease, interstitial ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... day, followed by long ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
ultrasound (exclude ... other lung disease ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... monitoring (vital signs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Disease by CD4 ... angioinvasive disease ... • CT: Halo sign
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Bilateral signs ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... not possible • Ultrasound ... double contour sign ... overhanging cortical bone