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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
disease states Pathophysiology ... locations: Wrist, MCP ... • Metabolic syndrome ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
 • Partial: Translation <
Some sort of end ... structures, such as ... #Injury #MSK #Sports ... #pathophysiology ... classification #diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... (AG) = {Na - (Cl ... - Differential Diagnosis ... bowel syndrome, ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
) Pathophysiology ... locations: Wrist, MCP ... culture used to diagnose ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
(SPS) - Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology ... muscles) • Wide based ... - Diagnosis: ... (>1000u/ml) -
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... It presents as an ... Ferritin >500 ng/mL ... response HLH-94-based ... management #treatment #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Pinpoint-sized red spots ... Myelogenous Leukemia (CML ... Antibiotics such as ... #diagnosis #hematology
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
of idiopathic MCD ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... Histopathological Diagnoses ... agonists #TAFRO #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... transplantation • MCC ... Inhalation of spores ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology