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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
The triquetrum ... fractured carpal bone ... common carpal bone ... fractures • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential ... Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... Superior Vena Cava Syndrome ... : Tumor Lysis Syndrome ... #differential #
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... • Bone marrow ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... treatment #hematology #oncology
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Diagnosis and Management ... - Accelerated Bone ... Formation: Hungy Bone ... Syndrome - ... endocrinology #differential
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Diagnosis and Management ... hyperCalcemia 28% (bone ... • Anemia 78% (bone ... Myeloma #Diagnosis #Management ... #oncology
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... - Differential ... • Aneurysmal Bone ... #Tumours #MSK #Differential ... Orthopedics #Causes #Oncology
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
the Rash in a an oncology ... Dermatoses: Sweet Syndrome ... #skin #Rash #oncology ... #differential #
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
hyperviscosity syndrome ... Some other random ones ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management ... #Urology #Differential
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential ... HLH syndrome 5. ... Alcoholism Bone ... marrow failure syndrome ... Pancytopenia #Workup #Differential
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
renal Mg wasting syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... Pancreatitis - Hungry bones ... syndrome Dr. ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential