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Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Thyroid - Lung ... Tumours #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Generally affects long ... predispose to other orthopedic ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... e.g. fractured long ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
damage weakens the bone ... Femur #Fractures #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes #pathophysiology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... check at least one ... We may ask why are ... , this list is long ... #Polycythemia #Differential
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Bone Deformity / ... Limp - Differential ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... dependent DM ACS ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
forefoot, ankles, knees ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... overhanging cortical bone ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
classic frame is the one ... The diagnosis is ... tenosynovitis #msk ... #physicalexam #orthopedics ... #rheumatology