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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... See pathologic fractures ... #Mnemonic #MSK ... #diagnosis #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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(Ischemia) - Acute ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Patellar tendon tear ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... Intra-articulation fracture ... diagnosis #msk #
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
FOPE lesion) - MSK ... atraumatic adolescent knee ... pain ... function after year ... (save $$) Differential
Haglund Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The Haglund Deformity (enlarged superior margin calcaneal posterior process)
Case description ... Differential diagnosis ... • Stress fracture ... calcaneus with marrow edema ... Heel #clinical #mri
Transient Patellar Dislocation - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Hyperintense marrow edema of the anterolateral femoral condyle
Can get chondral fractures ... Differential diagnosis ... : • Patella fracture ... or without a fracture ... #clinical #mri
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... Wounds/ulcers, Edema ... Immobilization) • Acute ... lower #extremity #msk
Freiberg Infraction - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Sclerosis of the 2nd MT head with flattening of
Freiberg Infraction - MSK ... Case description ... Controversy: Subchondral fracture ... Differential diagnosis ... foot #clinical #mri
Subchondral Insufficiency Fracture
Imaging Findings:
 • Circle demarcating the region of edema within the medial femoral condyle.
Insufficiency Fracture ... Osteonecrosis of the Knee ... Differential diagnosis ... ) - Fracture line ... #clinical #mri