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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... : • Infection: ... Cellulitis, Abscess ... entrapment • Infections ... • Inflammation/cellulitis
Causes of Pseudocellulitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Cellulitis Mimics

Cellulitis: Deep skin and subcutaneous fat infection

Pseudo
- Differential ... : Deep skin and ... Angioedema • Sweet syndrome ... • Compartment syndrome ... #dermatology #skin
Periorbital Cellulits: Note marked swelling and redness surrounding the eye due to infection. There is also
the eye due to infection ... evidence of an abscess ... Images #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Photo #Periorbital ... #Cellulits #UCSDH
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Meningitis • Skin ... Infection Abscess ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... withdrawal, Pseudo-cellulitis ... Source control (abscess
Abscess: Marked swelling and redness is apparent just above antecubital fossa. This is caused by an
This is caused by ... innoculated under the skin ... during injection ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Fossa #Arm #UCSDH
Perirectal Cellulitis: Extensive inflammation and swelling of the right buttocks secondary to infection.
This can be distinguished
buttocks secondary to infection ... from a perirectal abscess ... absent in this case ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #UCSDH
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... otitis externa • Cellulitis ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... (caries, abscess
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess ... - Differential ... antibiotics as a cause ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... , may also see skin ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes