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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
: • Primary amyloid ... • Heavy-chain (AH ... Bone/Joint: • Amyloid ... (AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY ... #Diagnosis #Amyloid
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... or smoldering myeloma ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... chain levels 3) Amyloid ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
, Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis ... POEMS syndrome, myeloma ... , secondary amyloid ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms ... cardionerds #Amyloidosis ... Management #Signs #Symptoms ... #Cardiology #Staging
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Infiltrative: Amyloidosis ... (AL Amyloid, Wild ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Abdominal XRay - Differential ... • lymphoma • amyloid ... Thumbprint #Sign #Differential ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Metastatic Myeloid Sarcoma on Cardiac MRI

Ping pong with the tricuspid valve.

Myeloid sarcoma, metastatic from pancreatic origin!
Metastatic Myeloid ... Myeloid sarcoma, ... and causing HF symptoms ... Sarcoma #Metastatic #Myeloid ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... inhalational injury Differential ... Granulomatous: Amyloid ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... #differential #
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
including serum amyloid ... Deposition of amyloid ... glomeruli -> Secondary Amyloidosis ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
interventional radiology ... Leukostasis: - Usually myeloid ... up to 30 %) - Symptoms ... 12 mg/dL with symptoms ... mg/dL without symptoms