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Hypereosinophilia Syndrome (HES) - Diagnosis and Management
Definition: An absolute eosinophil count (AEC) greater than 1500 and
Syndrome (HES) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... than 1500 and clinical ... Secondary Causes ... #diagnosis #hematology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... Interstitial nephritis: eosinophilia ... #nephrology #causes
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 #NEJM
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... ear/skull base pathology ... /temporal bone pathology ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Neurology
Disseminated Cysticercosis - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head revealed diffuse hyperintense septated cystic lesions
confirmed the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pathology #MRI ... Solium #Microscopy #NEJM
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Fibrosis, Hyper-eosinophilc ... #Causes #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 ... the differential diagnosis ... There was no eosinophilia ... which excludes eosinophilic ... #Clinical #Radiology
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
international radiology ... Diagnosis ? ... Is a major cause ... Aspiration #Microscopy #clinical ... #pathology #microbiology
Plain radiography of the abdomen revealed calcification of both adrenal glands. A homozygous mutation in LIPA
confirmed the diagnosis ... and gut, which causes ... #clincial #peds ... calcifications #infant #NEJM ... #Wolmans #radiology