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Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Regurgitation (MR ... Age-related changes, chronic ... MR occurs because ... papillary muscle injury ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Urethral Injury ... Clinical Features, Diagnostics ... and Treatment #Urology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Urethral #Injury
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
Findings in Stroke MR ... acute from the chronic ... from that on the chronic ... #Evolution #MRI ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... barium, CT, or MR ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis ... Dissemination in space on MR ... Dissemination in time on MR ... McDonald #Criteria #Diagnosis ... Sclerosis #MS #neurology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... cardiac death Management ... Immunosuppressants (chronic ... #Management #Cardiology
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
related to avulsive injury ... on a chronic basis ... however sometimes MR ... MR is able to distinguish ... Desmoid #clinical #mri
Pocket Comparison Guide to Heritable Hypertension Syndromes (Secondary Hypertension)

Bartter, Gitelman, Liddle, Primary Aldosteronism, 
GRA (Glucocorticoid Remediable
Geller (Activating MR ... Comparison #Table #Diagnosis ... #Management #Secondary
Liver Abscess - Differential Diagnosis
Pyogenic:
 • Hepatobiliary
 • Colonic
 • Bacteremia
Entamoeba histolytica:
 • Fecal/oral
 • Colitis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hepatobiliary • Colonic ... if rupture • MRI ... , US, serology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... dose dependent injury ... presentation • Chronic ... #differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #gastroenterology