4 results
Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
Hypercalcemia Evaluation ... check the urine Ca ... #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #calcium #elevated
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Approach and Differential ... fluid; brown: elevated ... Cell count and differential ... peritonitis), cytology/CEA ... #workup #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Hypertensive crisis ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... Reversible course Differential ... An elevated white
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
of bone (SPB) arises ... appearance Favored Sites ... CRAB - no anemia, hypercalcemia ... + diff • CMP, Ca ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup