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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... pain with wrist flexion ... #Triquetrum #Fracture ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #Sports #MSK
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist ... pain after any trauma ... Painful palmar flexion ... #radiology #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Subtrochanteric region ... in elderly Causes ... : • Major trauma ... #msk #orthopedics ... #diagnosis #differential
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Vascular Infectious Trauma ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... Space-Occupying Lesion ... #Differential #
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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- Differential ... Tumours - See Bone Lesions ... #Pathologic #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Absence of a fracture ... Finger deformity caused ... that is fixed in flexion ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... #MSK
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diplopia - Double Vision ... - Differential ... • Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... Orbital Floor Fracture
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... other forms of trauma ... Vertebral burst fracture ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology