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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
fractured carpal bone ... common carpal bone ... fractures • ED Management ... Discharge with orthopedic ... #Orthopedics #Sports
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 ... BrighamChiefs #Bone ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
, joint, and skin ... • Pustular skin ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management ... #Dermatology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Script Signs and symptoms ... with hypocellular bone ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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LcSSc) - distal skin ... thickening Signs and Symptoms ... changes): skin ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
purple, hemorrhagic skin ... Drug induced - Bone ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology # ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
workup for specific symptoms ... organ-specific signs or symptoms ... (eg, skin or esophageal ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... • Bone marrow ... acute leukemia Management ... MDS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #hematology
Suggested algorithm for bone marrow biopsy and skeletal imaging in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
algorithm for bone ... significance (MGUS) A bone ... algorithm #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #multiplemyeloma
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
trigger - Direct skin ... and duration of symptoms ... 50% of patients Skin ... angioedema Other symptoms ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology