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Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... (most common: lung ... , breast, prostate ... , breast, melanoma ... #primarycare #table
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... common benign breast ... benign tumour of breast ... diseases #benign #differential ... #diagnosis #surgery
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
the following areas ... impairment in important areas ... The pattern is stable ... and of long duration ... can be traced back
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
Proptosis - Differential ... - Metastatic (breast ... , prostate, lung ... #Proptosis #Differential ... Bilateral #Causes #ophthalmology
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Trauma • Tumor (Lung ... , Breast, Thyroid ... Pupils #Defects #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... lucencies within the lung ... is to describe areas ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Metastatic tumors: Breast ... Leukemia Lung ... (e.g., cardiac surgery ... #Pericarditis #Differential
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
areas. ... There are patchy areas ... of black and white ... abnormal: the black ... #Attenuation #Differential
Cystic lung disease
Lung cysts are defined as radiolucent areas with a wall thickness of less than
Lung cysts are ... as radiolucent areas ... listed in the table ... as radiolucent areas ... CysticLungDisease #Differential
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean areas ... Hernias - Past surgery ... pain - History of back ... Abdominal #Pain #differential