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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... and vibration later ... Tilting head back + laterally ... further pulls on lumbar ... Radiculopathy #MSK #diagnosis
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
) - Common Differential ... Diagnosis and Patterns ... especially along L5 (lateral ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Patterns
Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
table lists the differential ... diagnosis. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Causes: • Large lumbar ... spine Signs / ... not have to be bilateral ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
In
paratracheal and bilateral ... adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Lymphadenopathy #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral ... of UMN and LMN signs ... of UMN and LMN signs ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... conditions listed in differential
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Compression/injury of Lateral ... spinal stenosis, lumbar ... on palpation of lateral ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... hard to find) - Bilateral ... Consolidations - "Shred" sign ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... : 'signet ring sign ... LIP #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Cystic #Cysts #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Enlargement #Differential ... #Unilateral #Bilateral ... #RadiologyAssistant