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Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
testing and expedite treatment ... with clinical trials ... • Symmetric abnormal ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
CHADSVASc Score - Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation

A clinical mnemonic to estimate stroke risk in atrial
Fibrillation A clinical ... Thromboembolism V Vascular disease ... (MI, PAD, aortic ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #CHADS2VASc #Diagnosis
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... gradient-echo imaging with abnormal ... • Treatment for ... #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... sx overlap with normal ... Serial TTE and close ... #treatment
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Increased thrombin ... organ damage Clinical ... • Severe Liver Disease ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #causes #treatment
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
enhancement pattern of normal ... with overlying thrombus ... ventricles and marked atria ... • Parasitic disease ... #diagnosis
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
into the left atrium ... to degenerative disease ... Clinically, it’s ... Diagnosis by echocardiography ... detective story, and treatment
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... Standard treatment ... University Infectious Diseases ... #Brain #clinical ... #radiology