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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Summary Epidemiology ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
clinical findings ... • Other rare causes ... Cardiovascular disease ... #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
clinical complications ... due to chronic disease ... overload) Other Symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
Clinical Findings ... variability in disease ... #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Clinical Presentation ... Psychiatric symptoms ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment ... #Nutrition #Diagnosis
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Hyperthyroidism Overview Clinical ... goiter (Graves' disease ... hyperthyroidism #causes ... #endocrinology ... #signs #symptoms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Sclerosis (ALS) Summary ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... - Causes progressive ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... column Treatment
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Summary 10 percent ... and Signs: 50% ... and signs: • ... leukocytosis, psychiatric ... disease: Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... • Infectious causes