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Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Elevated PTH (High or normal ... Solid Tumors: Lung ... renal, Bladder, Breast
Malignant Bone Tumors: Pathogenesis of X-ray appearance

 • Metastatic bone tumors (aka. cancerous cells from systemic
metastasis: • Breast ... look whiter than normal ... • Lung. thvroid ... look darker than normal ... • Soft-tissue mass
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
mostly present as areas ... the following patterns ... Atelectasis Nodule or mass ... Less frequently areas ... #CXR #Lung #Patterns
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... the following areas ... impairment in important areas ... stable and of long ... disregard for social norms
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
formation may create ... is necessary to differentiate ... mass. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
areas. ... There are patchy areas ... which part is abnormal ... process adjacent to normal ... lung - Normal lung
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
examine all the areas ... for instance the normal ... with loss of the normal ... This is called the ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
Typical COVID19 chest x-ray versus normal. The image on the right shows multi-focal patchy airspace opacities.
chest x-ray versus normal ... The darkest areas ... on the normal image ... are the lungs because ... the right, these areas
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... initial response to abnormal ... Areas of diagnostic ... *Abnormal USS may ... #LFTs #Abnormal
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
lower to upper areas ... Differential diagnosis ... dysfunction with normal ... Pain, weakness, abnormal ... level, MRI shows mass