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Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Causes of Primary ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Disorders: • Infection ... tuberculosis, fungal infections ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... pain • Back pain ... addisons #disease #endocrinology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... symptoms • Family ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... wall painAbdominal
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
: TB, fungal infection ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... dysfunction SPINE Mnemonic ... - Emergency Causes ... • primary and
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... weight • Chest pain ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... TB, NTM, PNA • Primary ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Causes: • Large ... epidural hematoma • Infection ... spine Signs / Symptoms ... reflexes) • Urinary
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
arrest, Kounis syndrome ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... pain and fecal ... anaphylaxis #signs #symptoms
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Causes and Assessment ... Pain > 90% no ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... tract infection ... #Pain #Differential
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... , weight loss, abdominal ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... + distinctive primary ... • Tumor lysis syndrome