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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Causes of Leg Pain ... : • Infection: ... syndromeShin ... #pain #differential
Necrotizing Fasciitis: African-American patient with diabetes that predisposed him to rapidly 
progressive infection. Lower extremity is
African-American patient with diabetes ... As the infection ... occurs deep to the skin ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology #Leg
Diabetic Foot Infection: Long standing, poorly controlled diabetes has led to peripheral arterial
disease and neuropathy. These
Diabetic Foot Infection ... has led to peripheral ... The skin is red ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #UCSDH
Venous Ulcer and DVT: Chronic venous insufficiency with additional swelling caused by acute DVT.
There is also
additional swelling caused ... There is also skin ... infection of the ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Leg #Chronic #
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... extremities (ischemia, infarction ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... Diabetic nephropathy ... and scleroderma
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... arthralgia, arm/leg ... occasional oligoclonal bands ... causes arthritis ... purpura (lower legs
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
malformation (eg ... Coeliac disease, Diabetes ... overgrowth, HIV infection ... and antiviral drugs ... elastase #low #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... variably: On one hand ... required due to skip ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Causes of Painful Ophthalmoplegia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Trauma
 • Autoimmune:
     1.
Causes of Painful ... Tolosa-Hunt syndrome ... arteritis • Infectious ... Ocular diabetic ... #ophthalmology
Terry's Nails

Patient of about 70 years, HIV positive, transplanted kidney donor cadaver in the previous 6
complicated with urinary infections ... skin stretch marks ... such as nephrotic syndrome ... renal failure, diabetes ... #Fingernails #Hands