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Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Differential ... Infection (UTI) • Atrophic ... Contraction - Signs ... or spinal cord disease ... , cauda equina syndrome
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... • Neuropathy (DM ... • Myositis/pyomyositis ... #diagnosis #lower
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... • Symptoms and signs ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... Loss of muscle (atrophy
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... the upper and lower ... Conjunctivitis, mucositis ... Differential ... purpura: strong sign
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Lower motor neuron ... may arise from disease ... form part of the differential ... LMN syndromes are ... Satyendra Dhar MD
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
• Scarring, atrophy ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Shrinking lung syndrome ... (hypertension, lower ... • Transverse Myelitis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... purpura: Strong sign ... Conjunctivitis, mucositis ... #Vasculitis #Differential
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... papules and Gottron sign ... ) • Shawl sign ... elevated < PM and DM ... #rheumatology #differential