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Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... Symmetric macular ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... Behcet disease) Differential ... spondyloarthritis • Ocular ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Stage 2 hypertension ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Stage 3 hypertension ... Causes: • Vascular ... #Differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
cortical lesions • Vascular ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... life-threatening Differential ... Clinical DX: - ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Columbia Agar → takes ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

What is the leading cause of this pathology in patients under 40
Hemorrhage on Ocular ... seen with poc ocular ... twitter.com/EUSmkh/status ... Vitreous #Hemorrhage #Ocular ... #POCUS #clinical
Papilledema on Ocular Ultrasound related to pseudotumor cerebri

Resolution to last week's case: headache. This patient had
Papilledema on Ocular ... twitter.com/EUSmkh/status ... #Papilledema #Ocular ... pseudotumor #cerebri #Clinical ... #POCUS #Ophthalmology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... presentations and disease states ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... - Compartment syndrome ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... but important causes ... (Aspergillus, Candida ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... Histopathology with special stains