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Abdominal X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Is there bowel dilatation, wall edema or pneumatosis?
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Abdominal X-Ray ... #XRay #KUB #interpretation ... #radiology #diagnosis ... #labeled #anatomy ... #clinical
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Fever • Anorexia ... intolerance • SIBO ... • Abdominal wall
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
• Low-grade fever ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... pain • Back pain ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... Wall: • Acute: ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Plain radiography of the abdomen revealed calcification of both adrenal glands. A homozygous mutation in LIPA
Plain radiography ... confirmed the diagnosis ... accumulation in the liver ... and gut, which causes ... Wolmans #radiology #xray
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... painAbdominal ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #differential #diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
-14 days): • Fever ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea, ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
of flank or abdominal ... pain: diagnoses ... with function and anatomy ... diverticulae). degree and level ... for non-calculus causes
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... if other signs (fever ... , abdominal pain ... bilirubin 3) or renal ... #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... , and possibly renal ... failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary