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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... support for patients clinically
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Vascular narrowing on MRA ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... T2 signal and expansion ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... management #neurology #differential
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acromegaly: frontal bossing ... Differential Diagnosis ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... • Pituitary MRI
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... advanced liver disease ... Pathophysiology: ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Unresponsive to volume expansion
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... erythematosus (ACLE ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Clinical Features ... pancreatitis, protein-losing
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
Hospitalization - Pathophysiology ... the Journal of Clinical ... clinical evaluations ... Anemia of renal disease ... #differential #
Nonossifying Fibroma with Pathologic Fracture - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Cortically based, geographic, lucent lesion with
necessary in almost all ... Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome ... Differential diagnosis ... cyst: Eccentric expansile ... #mri #clinical
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
hypokalemic salt-losing ... tubule (DCT) Clinical ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Autoimmune disease ... nephrology #management #pathophysiology