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Pericarditis can be seen on EKG with diffuse ST elevations without reciprocal changes along with diffuse
often follows a URI ... in refractory cases ... #Acute #Pericarditis ... #Cardiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
life-threatening causes ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation ... #comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... tear (similar symptoms ... patella #clinical #mri ... #diagnosis #msk
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
hemodynamics • Many more ... poor prognostic signs ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #timeline
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
status and low urine ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Case description ... appropriate and more ... Differential diagnosis ... MR is able to distinguish ... Desmoid #clinical #mri
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... : • Acute meningeal ... signs (fever, nuchal ... established by CSF or urine
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... at least two or more ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... compression - More ... management #neurology #differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... 50 - Females more ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis