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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 ... Discharge with orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Most Common Carpal Bone Fractures by Frequency
 • Scaphoid - 50-80%
 • Triquetral - 5-20%
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Common Carpal Bone ... Scaphoid - 50-80% • Triquetral ... drdevrad #Carpal #Bone ... radiology #msk #orthopedics
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Differential/diagnosis ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... Embolism #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #clinical
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Generally affects long bones ... predispose to other orthopedic ... • Differentiate ... SickleCell #Disease #differential
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
-chamber POCUS echocardiogram ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... pericardial #effusion #s4c ... #POCUS #echocardiogram
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... - Differential ... • Aneurysmal Bone ... #Tumours #MSK #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Bone Lesion on X-Ray - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Exostotic
 • Osteochondroma
Asymptomatic &/or Non-Active Bone Scam
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Bone Lesion on X-Ray ... - Differential ... /or Non-Active Bone ... BoneLesion #XRay #MSK #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
Bone Tumor Location ... included in the differential ... be added to the differential ... sarcoma, SBC, ABC ... #Bone #Tumor #Location
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Fragility Fractures - Differential ... Tumours - See Bone ... Gastrointestinal Disease • Bone ... Pathologic #MSK #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics