Differential diagnosis — Flashcards

Pain at the plantar surface of the heel that is worst with the first steps in the morning and after prolonged rest is characteristic of _____.

Post-prandial vomiting and alopecia is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the most likely diagnosis in a patient with previous percutaneous liver biopsy, RUQ pain, melena, and jaundice? _____

Cervical motion tenderness and mucopurulent/bloody discharge without PID symptoms is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the diagnosis in an elderly patient with swelling and tenderness of the parotid gland and calculi on oral exam? _____

A patient presenting with fever, productive cough, and a new infiltrate on chest X-ray suggests a diagnosis of _____.

Which type of hematuria, glomerular or non-glomerular, is associated with microscopic hematuria, proteinuria, and dysmorphic/casted RBCs? _____

Complex regional pain syndrome shows patchy _____ on X-ray and increased uptake in affected limbs on bone scintigraphy

On T2-weighted MRI, high-intensity signal in the _____ lobe is a characteristic finding of **HSV encephalitis**.

_____ presents with sluggish ankle jerks

Hint: Hypothyroid myopathy or polymyositis