10 results
Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
RAPID ONSET
Medications
 • Steroids
 • Danazol
 • Progestin Containing Contraceptives
Increased Serum Testosterone
Hirsutism - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Regular Menstrual Cycles ... Irregular Menstrual Cycles ... endocrinology #causes
Hirsutism & Virilization - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADRENAL EXCESS
Ovarian
 • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 • Hyperthecosis
 • Tumor
Adrenal
Virilization - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hirsutism - Normal Cycles ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... endocrinology #causes
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artifact (redo CBC ... Inflammatory: • IBD
Causes of Primary and Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Amenorrhea - No onset of menarche
Causes of Primary ... Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... for more than 3 cycles ... #Causes #OBGyn
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... colitis, UC/Chrons (IBD ... , Radiation CMC ... Lower #GIBleed #differential ... #algorithm
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle ... a blood meal (passes ... this infective cycle ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary ... Amenorrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... for more than 3 cycles ... #Causes #OBGyn
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
costaricensis Life Cycle ... eggs in tissues causes ... costaricensis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver fluke) Life Cycle

The trematode Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver
liver fluke) Life Cycle ... foodborne pathogen and cause ... sinensis #liverfluke #LifeCycle ... #Parasite #CDC
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: The exact cause ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... • Cyclic neutropenia ... precipitously on a regular cycle ... Serial CBC counts