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Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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- Differential ... - Secondary to Chronic ... Phosphate Deficiency Primary ... #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Rickets Dysmorphic Features ... Deprivation • Primary ... Chronic UTI) • ... endocrinology #causes
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Findings • Primary ... , humeral head fracture ... a stroke that caused ... FrozenShoulder #pathophysiology ... stages #staging #msk
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Skin changes • Urinary ... portal vein thrombosis ... hernia • Rib fracture ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lung Disease - Differential ... Debate if this should ... inflammation Primary ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... TB, NTM, PNA • Primary ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... The evaluation should ... audiometry • Patients should ... : • Normal: Air ... Noise trauma ○ MS
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... dysfunction with normal ...  West Nile virus ...  CIDP: Chronic
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... failure Clinical Features ... symptoms are not caused ... anterior/posterior MSK ... ), liver (pain/abnormal
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... an underlying cause ... exogenous, EPO levels: normal ... /high - Chronic ... Best to have an