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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
injury sites, Open Fracture ... pathologic fractures ... Degenerative Disc Disease ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
 -
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures ... Tumours - See ... #Fragility #Fractures ... #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... Demyelinating syndromes ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Splenomegaly - CTD (SLE ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Fulminans (DIC Features ... Associated - SLE ... #rheumatology #
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Rickets Dysmorphic Features ... • Cushing's Disease ... Transplant Chronic Disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes #pediatrics
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... or echo features ... Features of Non-Bacterial ... conditions: Autoimmune (SLE ... - Infectious Diseases
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
• Other rare causes ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Acne • Coarse features ... Cardiovascular disease ... #endocrinology
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical Features ... , oral cavity) Caused ... , pathological fractures ... Diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... highly inflammatory disease ... erythematosus [SLE ... Histopathologic features ... #Rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Clinical Features ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology