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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
that can confirm Behcet ... disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... azathioprine #Behcet ... #management #signs
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Anterior Uveitis - Differential ... Inflammatory: Behcet's ... , SLE, TINU syndrome ... Anterior #Uveitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #ophthalmology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... iniury, Compartment syndrome ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Endocrinology #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... initiation • Differential ... Differentiation #Syndrome ... APML #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... Clinico-Radiological Syndrome ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... peripheral nerve components ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Neurosarcoidosis - MCTD - Bechet ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
connective tissue components ... • MAGIC syndrome ... • Vexus syndrome ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

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