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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Cancer • Microscopic ... Lymphoma #Chronic #Diarrhea ... #SmallBowel #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy
 • Colonic: Bile acid malabsorption, Microscopic colitis, Overflow diarrhoea, Missed pathology
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Diarrhea with Normal ... malabsorption, Microscopic ... ), Short bowel syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... #differential #
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
: • Nephrotic syndrome ... cardiomyopathy GI: • Diarrhea ... Carpal tunnel syndrome ... : • Diagnostic ... polarized light microscopy
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... PR3-ANCA): • Microscopic ... retinopathy Lab Tests ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Osmotic ... Secretory: • Microscopic ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome ... Microscopic colitis ... Malabsorption syndromes ... #Causes #Differential ... #diagnosis
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
region Viral Syndromes ... ; dengue shock syndrome ... mosquito bite Diarrhea ... , microscopic examination ... Fever #Travel #Differential