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ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
There are many definitions, but most come down to the presence of granulomas (pathologically or
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis ... pathologically or clinically ... StanfordChiefs #ANCA #Vasculitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Causes of Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis
Bugs:
 - Fungus (aspergillosis)
 - Viral (HIV)
 - Ectoparasites (scabies, myiasis)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Asthma Tugs (vasculitis ... Mastocytosis - Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Nonmalignant hematologic: Acute ... blood loss, Acute ... infections, TB, Acute ... Severe trauma, Acute ... #Algorithm #hematology
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... CHF, Autoimmune Vasculitis ... mycobacterial), Eosinophilic ... #Schema #Acute ... #Differential #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... cardiac imaging #Acute
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
associated with acute ... the context of acute ... intra-abdominal pathology ... is not diagnostic ... in acute pancreatitis
Amsterdam Diagnoses
Maternal vascular malperfusion / MVM / MVU / Preclampsia
 • Additional features: SGA placenta, thin
Amsterdam Diagnoses ... small vessels Acute ... / AIP / AFI / Clinical ... inflamm, Eo/T-cell vasculitis ... #pathology #clinical
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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Related Disease Clinical ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... phase reactants, eosinophilia ... No necrosis, No vasculitis ... workup #treatment #rheumatology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Definition: acute ... Clinical manifestations ... Doppler US : halo sign ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
An acute rise or ... disturbance, or acute ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta, Vasculitis ... disease: CKD, acute