This is something that once I found out about it I started diagnosing it with great enthusiasm, sometimes beyond what the patients presentation could really support. We see lots of patients with MSK pain, pain here, pain there, pain everywhere. We … Read More »
Thrombotic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura or TTP, cause who has time for that… This is something that I’ve heard talks and podcasts on multiple times but it just doesn’t seem to stick. We had a talk at a training day and while … Read More »
This is uncommon, not something you’re going to be diagnosing or even suspecting on a day to basis. Two main causes malignancy 80% thrombosis 20% For malignancy think right sided lung and mediastinal masses. Anything that can compress the SVC as … Read More »
From one of our national training days with an excellent MSK radiologist Some of this is more UK/Irish specific as access to sports medicine and MRI imaging for MSK conditions is really difficult and a lot of patients are forced … Read More »
This is based on Mark Wilson’s paper in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism [Free full text] which i’m sure you all read avidly every month. COI – I know Mark and had the honour being in the same … Read More »