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Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... overhanging edges and well ... relatively common, so ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Tibial tuberosity pain ... DOES NOT OSD in all ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... #mri #clinical
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... less compliant arteries ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... • Mitchell et al ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... oligoclonal bands • MRI ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
complete paralysis of all ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Hands or feet • Pain ... Life threatening labile ... axonal form • MRI
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... Remember: Systemic sx will ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
• The ligament will ... present with chronic pain ... Differential Diagnosis ... - Can cause ... #mri #clinical