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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
fractured carpal bone ... "pooping duck sign ... "pooping duck sign ... 1 week MH/CCF ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Diagnosis Algorithm ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Media • Temporal Bone ... /signs, bidirectional ... #Algorithm #Causes
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... of bacilli to bone ... involvement - CT
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... without an obvious cause ... the headache (in one ... varying neurologic signs ... #diagnosis #neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... Neuro Findings: None ... with vascular causes ... #diagnosis #findings ... #signs #symptoms
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
Trauma to the long bone ... accounts for —9096 of cases ... The diagnosis is ... onset widespread pulmonary ... #Signs #Symptoms
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... whipplei Symptoms ... and Signs: 1. ... #algorithm #management
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... Doppler US : halo sign ... PET/CT: aortitis ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
3: Necrosis of bone ... hearing loss, nausea ... vomiting, dizziness, vertigo ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... Heart Failure (CHF ... causes middle ear ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms