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Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bowel Bleeding - Differential ... Disease, Dieulafoy's Lesions ... Angioectasia, Dieulafoy's lesions ... SmallBowel #Bleeding #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #gastroenterology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Obstruction - Differential ... Diagnosis Lesions ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... #Obstruction #Differential ... bowel #Causes #gastroenterology
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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Pancreatic cystic lesions ... Pancreatic #cystic #lesions ... #PCLs #gastroenterology ... diagnosis #management #differential
Complications of Gallstones - Cholelithiasis
1. Biliary colic
2. Cholecystitis
3. Mucocele
4. Empyema
5. Fistula
6. Perforation
7. Gallbladder carcinoma
8. Mirizzi's syndrome
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Mirizzi's syndrome ... Bouveret's syndrome ... Cholelithiasis #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
myelodysplastic syndrome ... frequent skin lesions ... dermatosis: Sweet's syndrome ... myelodysplastic #syndrome ... #differential #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... occlusion, Budd-Chiari syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... Behcet disease) Differential ... adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... + MRI lesions + ... #Brain #differential
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Anemia • Mass lesions ... esophagitis, Cameron lesions ... Portal hypertensive lesions ... rubber bleb nevus syndrome ... Anemia #Causes #differential
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Biliary Dilatation - Differential ... sludge), Mirizzi's syndrome ... Dilatation #causes #differential ... diagnosis #hepatology #gastroenterology
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
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Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Classification #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #differential