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Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... tuberosity Differential diagnosis ... Osgood #Schlatter #Disease ... #Knee #patella ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Transient Patellar Dislocation - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Hyperintense marrow edema of the anterolateral femoral condyle
patellofemoral ligament ... injury of the knee ... patellofemoral ligament ... Differential diagnosis ... #knee #clinical
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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- Differential Diagnosis ... - Systemic disease ... SLE - Behcet Disease ... Intra-articulation fracture - Patellar ... #differential #diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... states Pathophysiology ... culture used to diagnose ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... #rheumatology #Diagnosis
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
- Differential Diagnosis ... species - Lyme disease ... birefringent - CPPD ... Usually involves the knee ... #Differential #Diagnosis
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Vasodilation Lung Disease ... - Especially COPD ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Knee Joint • ... Chondromalacia Patellae ... Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... • Patella (e.g
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD ... and/or x-ray - CPPD ... #Disease #Signs ... #Symptoms #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Findings of chronic disease ... Differential diagnosis ... Lateral collateral ligament ... within lateral ligaments ... Syndrome #Radiology #diagnosis
Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease

 - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
) Deposition Disease ... (especially in knees ... #Disease #Signs ... #Symptoms #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis