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Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
clinical findings ... • Acromegaly ... -> acromegaly ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Cardiovascular disease
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... Pulmonary: pleural effusion ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Management Summary ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... cycles after right atrial ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... decade → peripheral/acral ... before epiphyseal fusion ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
View RCM is a disease ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria ... #clinical #pocus ... #echocardiogram
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... Criteria for Behget's Syndrome ... test Most Common Clinical ... venous thromboses, arterial ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Behcets #Syndrome
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... : Arterial (MCC-small ... (Clinical Dx). ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
cause of renal disease ... selective renal intra-arterial ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... aldosteronism • Acromegaly
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
canoeing, kayaking, trail ... : conjunctival suffusion ... nausea, vomiting and ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... diagnosis #treatment #management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Management Summary ... Clinical Manifestations ... poisoning, Parkinson's disease ... Baclofen • Severe Disease ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management