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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
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
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Constipation - Differential ... Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... • Spinal Cord Lesions ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Constipation #Differential
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Constipation - Differential ... Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... --obstruction Neurologic ... • Spinal Cord Lesions ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... + MRI lesions + ... #Brain #differential ... causes #radiology #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... Behcet disease) Differential ... #diagnosis #management
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... encephalitis) • Brain lesions ... Alice #Wonderland #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
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
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
hyperviscosity syndrome ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management ... #Urology #Differential