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Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
should encourage critical ... reflection on the differential ... In adults, this ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... #liver #pocus #clinical
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 ... fraction < 20% Differential ... CK, normal biopsy ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Portal Venous Gas on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) secondary to Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Adult male with abdominal
Pancreatitis Adult ... Diagnosis/Differential ... Adult-abdominal ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... VenousGas #POCUS #clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Epidemiology: • Young adults ... association • M > F Clinical ... brainstem lesions, aseptic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Epidemiology: young adults ... Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... also arise in normal ... involvement Differential ... #hematology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... rheumatoid arthritis, adult-onset ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... , APLA, PAC • Aseptic
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis in older adults ... those coming off aorta ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
history • Young adults ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... products that define normal ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... classification #hematology
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
System (85%): Aseptic ... neurosarcoidosis: Clinical ... , Exclusion of Differential ... 3-5 days then oral ... management #neurology #rheumatology