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Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Differential Diagnosis ... renal, Bladder, Breast ... Miscellaneous - Bone ... Hyperthyroid, Bony ... #Differential #
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... Non-Malignant • Giant Cell ... • Aneurysmal Bone ... Histiocytoma #Primary #Bone ... #Bony #Tumors #
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
Hypercalcemia of ... resorption in the bone ... resorption in the bone ... , Breast Cancer, ... Pathophysiology #Differential
Malignant Bone Tumors: Pathogenesis of X-ray appearance

 • Metastatic bone tumors (aka. cancerous cells from systemic
aka. cancerous cells ... metastasis: • Breast ... - these cancer cells ... - these cancer cells ... BoneTumors #Malignant #Radiology
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
Bone Tumor Location ... over 20, a giant cell ... degenerative subchondral bone ... #Bone #Tumor #Location ... #Bony
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
D) Increased bone ... Paget's disease of bone ... Multiple myeloma (bone ... • Non-small-cell ... endocrinology #diagnosis #differential
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
different types of bone ... ) • Enostosis/bone ... docskalski #Knee #Bone ... Tumors #Diagnosis #Bony ... #Differential #
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay
Age <
different types of bone ... • Aneurysmal bone ... Healed NOF • Giant cell ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Radiology
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Adenoma
 • Hyperplasia
 • MEN 1 and 2A
Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism
Differential Diagnosis ... Breast, Kidney, ... Cytokine-Mediated Bone ... Lymphomas) Metastatic Bone ... #Differential #
Vertebral Body Abnormalities

A sheet of common (and uncommon) vertebral body findings, because a completely “normal” spine
uncommon) vertebral body ... Disease Sickle Cell ... Sclerotic Mets Bone ... Abnormalities #Radiology ... Vertebrae #diseases #differential