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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Joint Pain, Posterior Hips, Thigh, Buttocks
• Gluteal muscle strain
• Gluteal muscle strain
• Herpes zoster
• Ischial bursitis
• Ischial bursitis
• Ischial or sacral fracture
• Lumbar spinal stenosis
• Osteitis deformans (Paget’s disease)
• Osteoarthritis of hip
• Osteochondromatosis
• Osteomalacia (pseudofracture)
• Osteomalacia (pseudofracture)
• Osteomyelitis
• Postherpetic neuralgia
• Radiculopathy: L5-S1
• Radiculopathy: L5-S1
• Sciatic neuropathy
• Tumors
• Gluteal muscle strain
• Gluteal muscle strain
• Herpes zoster
• Ischial bursitis
• Ischial bursitis
• Ischial or sacral fracture
• Lumbar spinal stenosis
• Osteitis deformans (Paget’s disease)
• Osteoarthritis of hip
• Osteochondromatosis
• Osteomalacia (pseudofracture)
• Osteomalacia (pseudofracture)
• Osteomyelitis
• Postherpetic neuralgia
• Radiculopathy: L5-S1
• Radiculopathy: L5-S1
• Sciatic neuropathy
• Tumors
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Joint Swelling
• Gout
• Osteoarthritis
• Pseudogout
• Pyogenic arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
• Trauma
• Viral syndrome
• Gout
• Osteoarthritis
• Pseudogout
• Pyogenic arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
• Trauma
• Viral syndrome
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Jugular Venous Distention
• Cardiac tamponade
• Cardiomyopathy (restrictive)
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Constrictive pericarditis
• Goiter
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Right atrial myxoma
• Right-sided heart failure
• Superior vena cava syndrome
• Tension pneumothorax
• Valsalva maneuver
• Cardiac tamponade
• Cardiomyopathy (restrictive)
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Constrictive pericarditis
• Goiter
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Right atrial myxoma
• Right-sided heart failure
• Superior vena cava syndrome
• Tension pneumothorax
• Valsalva maneuver
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
• “Viral arthritis”
• Drug reaction
• Infectious causes of fever
• Lyme arthritis
• Rheumatic fever
• Serum sickness
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• “Viral arthritis”
• Drug reaction
• Infectious causes of fever
• Lyme arthritis
• Rheumatic fever
• Serum sickness
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Kaposi’s Sarcoma
• Capillary hemangiomas
• Cutaneous lymphoma
• Dermatofibroma
• Granulation tissue
• Hematoma
• Melanoma
• Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
• Prurigo nodularis
• Pyogenic granuloma
• Stasis dermatitis
• Capillary hemangiomas
• Cutaneous lymphoma
• Dermatofibroma
• Granulation tissue
• Hematoma
• Melanoma
• Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
• Prurigo nodularis
• Pyogenic granuloma
• Stasis dermatitis
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Kawasaki’s Disease
• Drug eruption
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Measles
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Scarlet fever
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Drug eruption
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Measles
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Scarlet fever
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Toxic shock syndrome
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Keloid
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
• Fibromatosis
• Hypertrophic scar
• Recurrence of original tumor
• Sarcoidosis
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
• Fibromatosis
• Hypertrophic scar
• Recurrence of original tumor
• Sarcoidosis
• Squamous cell carcinoma
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Keratitis, Noninfectious
• Atopic keratoconjunctivitis
• Chemical injury
• Collagen-vascular disease
• DM (delayed epithelial healing)
• Ectropion/entropion
• Erythema multiforme
• Exophthalmos
• Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
• Lid defects
• Mucous membrane pemphigoid
• Neuroparalytic (cranial nerve VII)
• Neurotrophic (diabetes, cranial nerve V)
• Thermal injury
• Atopic keratoconjunctivitis
• Chemical injury
• Collagen-vascular disease
• DM (delayed epithelial healing)
• Ectropion/entropion
• Erythema multiforme
• Exophthalmos
• Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
• Lid defects
• Mucous membrane pemphigoid
• Neuroparalytic (cranial nerve VII)
• Neurotrophic (diabetes, cranial nerve V)
• Thermal injury
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Keratoacanthoma
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Seborrheic keratosis
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Wart
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Seborrheic keratosis
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Wart
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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Unilateral Kidney Enlargement
• Acute renal vein thrombosis
• Hydronephrosis (may be bilateral)
• Polycystic kidney (may be bilateral)
• Pyonephrosis (may be bilateral)
• Renal cell carcinoma
• Simple cyst of kidney
• Acute renal vein thrombosis
• Hydronephrosis (may be bilateral)
• Polycystic kidney (may be bilateral)
• Pyonephrosis (may be bilateral)
• Renal cell carcinoma
• Simple cyst of kidney