13 results
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... are not caused ... , cough, chest pain ... anterior/posterior MSK ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
- MSK Radiology ... Case description ... hallucis longus Differential ... syndesmotic ligament tear ... flexion but no symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... or nerve root Symptoms ... e.g., meniscal tears ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... #differential #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behcet disease) Differential ... Giant retinal tears ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology #
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... swelling, significant pain ... 2 attacks in a year ... #treatment #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... • Must rule out ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... well as inner ear ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... Vessels: Supply gut ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... the patient tap out ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms ... : • Chest pain: ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential