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Atrioventricular Septal Defect
aka AV canal defect aka endocardial cushion defect
 • Epidemiology and Associations
 • Embryology
aka AV canal defect ... aka endocardial ... cushion defect ... #endocardial #cushion ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
- Differential Diagnosis ... Direct palpation ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #MSK
Clay-Shoveler Fracture 
 - Avulsion fracture of spinous process of C6 or C7 (Stable fracture)
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neck muscles or Direct ... ClayShoveler #Fracture #Diagnosis ... #MSK #Radiology ... SpinousProcess #MSK
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome, Endocardial ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis
Lynch Syndrome:
 • "CRC + Endometrial/Ovarian + Stomach + Urinary → Lynch Syndrome"
 • Autosomal Dominant,
Mismatch Repair Defect ... Microsatellite Instability (MSI ... Lynch #Syndrome #diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
most support her diagnosis ... artery filling defect ... echocardiogram #a4c
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Mineralization Defect ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
- Differential Diagnosis ... genotypes): SS, SC ... , Other enzyme defects ... Unstable hemoglobin defects ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No CSF effacement 
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effacement of CSF and sac ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #MSK
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
for definitive diagnosis ... Diagnostic criteria ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC ... #Hypertension #diagnosis