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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Terry thomas sign ... Kienboch disease ... Fractures #XRay #Radiology ... #Wrist #differential ... #diagnosis
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... distal to elbows/wrists ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs ... symptoms #testing #workup
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
In
adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign ... postirradiation Hodgkin disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Lymphadenopathy #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Look for other signs ... chronic heart disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Arthritis) - MSK Radiology ... mass and NO prior signs ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease ... #rheumatology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... deWinter T waves - starts ... triple vessel disease ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... Interpretation #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Pinpoint-sized red spots ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... blood count with differential ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
bronchopneumonia starts ... is interstitial disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... proteinosis and other diseases ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
diagnosis in this ... the central dot sign ... many inhalational diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Histiocytosis #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant