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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... intolerance • SIBO ... • Abdominal wall ... #Causes #Differential
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
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... DOES NOT OSD in all ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... #mri #clinical
Pes Anserine Bursitis - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-like signal along the medial aspect of
Anserine Bursitis - MSK ... Case description ... Differential diagnosis ... similar location of pain ... #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 ... disorders - Chronic ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... rheumatic fever • Chronic ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... oligoclonal bands • MRI ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... episcleritis as well ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
Can present with chronic ... pain and restricted ... Differential Diagnosis ... #mri #clinical ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Cortical Desmoid - MSK ... Case description ... avulsive injury on a chronic ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical