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Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Secretion: • Acanthosis ... Cardiovascular disease
Focal epithelial hyperplasia/Heck disease. Acanthotic squamous epithelium with widened, confluent rete ridges, mild koilocytic change, and
hyperplasia/Heck disease ... Acanthotic squamous ... hyperplasia #Heck #disease
Acanthosis Nigricans and Insulin Resistance - A 27-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of acanthosis
Acanthosis Nigricans ... year history of acanthosis ... Clinical #Derm #Endo #Acanthosis
Acanthosis Nigricans: Velvety appearing, hyperpigmented skin. Associated with diabetes and a 
number of other disorders. Multiple
Acanthosis Nigricans ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Acanthosis
Classic mucosal-dominant Pemphigus Vulgaris. Suprabasal acantholysis leaving behind a “row of tombstones” (i.e. the basal layer
Suprabasal acantholysis
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
overview of lung diseases ... #causes #lung #disease
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... glomerulonephritis - Berger disease ... Minimal change disease ... #Glomerular #Diseases
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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reaction - Atopic disease ... lymphomas, Hodgkin disease ... Chronic inflammatory diseases ... , IgG4-related disease ... inflammatory bowel diseases
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
nodosa - Buerger disease ... - Kawasaki disease ... and infectious diseases ... - serum disease ... Henoch-Schönlein disease
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Hyperferritinemia Pearl: Diseases ... Still's disease