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Olecranon bursitis in gout on POCUS

Note the hyperechogenicity of the synovial fluid (>20000 cells)

Rheumatology @Rheumatology

#olecranon #bursitis
Olecranon bursitis in gout ... on POCUS Note ... @Rheumatology ... olecranon #bursitis #gout ... #elbow
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
shoulders, wrists, elbows ... disease states Pathophysiology ... fingers, wrist, elbow ... #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
promastigote stage in the gut ... Divide in the gut ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... fingers, wrist, elbow ... Tophi on extensor elbows ... and culture • Diagnose ... #treatment #rheumatology
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Fertilization in gut ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
from eggs, seek out ... #Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Metatarsal Gout on POCUS

Painful and swollen 1st metatarsal. Double contour sign. Diagnosis? Gout. 

Global Ultrasound Institute
on POCUS Painful ... Diagnosis? ... Gout. ... #Metatarsal #POCUS ... #clinical #rheumatology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis ... ♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... thrombocytopenia Diagnosis ... Check out https: ... Management #Treatment #Hematology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
trypomastigotes, then burst out ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
from eggs, seek out ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology