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String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
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Syndrome (WKS) ... A positive string ... He went on to describe ... WKS #clinical #neurology ... #physicalexam #psychiatry
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... : - ANCA-positive ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Skin lesions • Positive ... pathergy test ( ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... encephalitis, West ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
; if positive, test ... - Positive in ... Can be measured on ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... /psychiatric changes
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... protein present on ... • Fanconi's syndrome ... Glomerular Proteinuria (Positive ... Minimal change disease
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... setting of liver disease ... intrinsic lung disease ... 10 minutes of rest ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... An APD was noted ... the follow up video ... the hospital, diagnosed ... ophthalmology #neurology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... dehydrogenase • Positive ... intravascular hemolysis on ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #