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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... have had prior evaluations ... did not yield a diagnosis ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... poisoning • Celiac
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... onset (acute vs. chronic ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , liver, renal disease ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... certain foods or meds ... Consider testing for celiac ... disease Inflammatory ... differential #testing #evaluation
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease ... heavy metals), Critical ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... #differential #diagnosis
Plain radiography of the abdomen revealed calcification of both adrenal glands. A homozygous mutation in LIPA
confirmed the diagnosis ... deficiency, or Wolman’s disease ... and gut, which causes ... #clincial #peds ... NEJM #Wolmans #radiology
Causes of Failure to Thrive - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adequate Calorie Consumption
 - Increased Losses:
Causes of Failure ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Fibrosis) • Celiac ... Disease • ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... : Chronic disease ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... illness, clinical ... interstitial lung disease ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... - Limits evaluation ... #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology
Positive Throckmorton sign in a case of chronic osteomyelitis of the left hip. X-ray findings:
1) complete
Throckmorton sign in a case ... of chronic osteomyelitis ... outer margin of iliac ... of unilateral disease ... #Clinical #Radiology