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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
• Heavy-chain (AH ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... Bone/Joint: • Amyloid ... (AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY ... typing Cardiac
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... Management #Signs #Symptoms ... #Cardiology #Staging
Metastatic Myeloid Sarcoma on Cardiac MRI

Ping pong with the tricuspid valve.

Myeloid sarcoma, metastatic from pancreatic origin!
Metastatic Myeloid ... Sarcoma on Cardiac ... Myeloid sarcoma, ... and causing HF symptoms ... Sarcoma #Metastatic #Myeloid
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
presentation • Cardiac-specific ... or smoldering myeloma ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... chain levels 3) Amyloid ... Amyloidosis #Diagnosis #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... HTN, Cerebral Amyloid ... Atherosclerosis • Embolic: Cardiac ... #Stroke #CVA #Differential
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Abdominal XRay - Differential ... • lymphoma • amyloid ... Thumbprint #Sign #Differential ... #Diagnosis #radiology
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 #
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac ... Inflammatory: Myeloma ... /amyloid • Infectious ... #Weakness #Differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
as neoplasm or amyloid ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... Skeletal muscle, Cardiac ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential