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Hypereosinophilia Syndrome (HES) - Diagnosis and Management
Definition: An absolute eosinophil count (AEC) greater than 1500 and
Diagnosis and Management ... than 1500 and clinical ... Secondary Causes ... diagnosis #hematology #differential ... #management #eosinophils
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Clinical presentation ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #cardiology #MRI
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Cardiology
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
Aspiration on Microscopy ... international radiology ... Is a major cause ... Salmonella #Aspiration #Microscopy ... #clinical #pathology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
cardiac syncope, e.g ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... and an initial ECG ... should be guided by clinical
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
dipstick, urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... Interstitial nephritis: eosinophilia ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... (check eosinophil ... recent DAN) • EMG ... Goodpasture's cause ... #diagnosis #management
Eosinophilic Otitis Media - Otoendoscopy revealed polypoid masses in the external canals of both ears. The
revealed polypoid masses ... The masses protruded ... ears (Panel C) #Clinical ... #ENT #Pathology ... EosinophilicOtitisMedia #Microscopy
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Fibrosis, Hyper-eosinophilc ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... dealing with the differential ... There was no eosinophilia ... which excludes eosinophilic ... #Clinical #Radiology