Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Arthritis, Polyarticular
Differential Diagnosis of Arthritis, Polyarticular • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), other connective tissue diseases, erythema nodosum, palindromic rheumatism, relapsing polychondritis • Sarcoidosis • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile (rheumatoid)
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis
Differential Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) • Gouty arthritis • Erosive osteoarthritis • Ankylosing spondylitis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) • Seronegative spondyloarthropathies • Scleroderma • Polymyalgia rheumatica • Osteoarthritis • Acute rheumatic fever
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Appetite Loss in Infants and Children
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Appetite Loss in Infants and Children • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) • Rheumatic fever • Nutritional: marasmus, iron deficiency, zinc deficiency • Neurologic: congenital degenerative disease • Miscellaneous: pr
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Arterial Occlusion
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Arterial Occlusion endocarditis) • Vasospasm • Trauma • Thromboembolism (post–myocardial infarction, mitral stenosis, rheumatic valve disease, atrial fibrillation, atrial myxoma, marantic endocarditis, bacte
Differential Diagnosis of Decreased Anion Gap
Differential Diagnosis of Decreased Anion Gap • Severe hypermagnesemia • Lithium toxicity • Laboratory error (falsely decreased sodium or overestimation of bicarbonate or chloride) • IgG myeloma • Hypoalbuminemia • Hypercalcemia of parathyroid origin, an
Differential Diagnosis of Increased Anion Gap
Differential Diagnosis of Increased Anion Gap • Uremia • Salicylate overdose • Methanol poisoning • Lactic acidosis • Ketoacidosis (diabetic, starvation, alcoholic) • Ethylene glycol poisoning
Differential Diagnosis of Anisocoria
Differential Diagnosis of Anisocoria diphtheria, botulism) • Trauma • Toxic polyneuritis (alcohol, lead) • Subdural hemorrhage • Prosthetic eye • Mydriatic or miotic drugs • Intracranial neoplasm • Internal carotid ischemia • Inflammation (keratitis, irid
Differential Diagnosis of Ankle Fracture
Differential Diagnosis of Ankle Fracture • Ankle sprain • Avulsion fracture of hindfoot or metatarsal
Differential Diagnosis of Ankle Sprain
Differential Diagnosis of Ankle Sprain • Fracture of the ankle or foot, particularly involving the distal fibular growth plate in the immature patient • Avulsion fracture of the fifth metatarsal base
