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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... changes), high MCV anemia ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... However, it may be ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Case description ... • This case should ... be diagnosed ON ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
common sites: hip ... • XR, MRI to ... dz difficult to see ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... , worse at the bases ... - Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
must be differentiated ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arthritis
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... - Limits evaluation ... Differential diagnosis ... #msk
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... • Infiltrating base ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... noninflammatory #differential
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... with suspected HH based ... of liver disease ... overload have been ... liver biopsy or MRI
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Like in this case ... - parvovirus, HIV ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arthritis
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation ... hallmark for the disease ... result in severe anemia ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology