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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Effusions #causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #msk #physicalexam
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... : • Clinical triad ... HBV infection, HIV ... Labs/Diagnosis:
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... arthritis (especially knees ... and ankles) #HSP ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
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 ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... hepatitis serology, HIV
Palpable Purpura seen in Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP, IgA Vasculitis)

55 year old male on tuberculosis treatment
, IgA Vasculitis ... pain involving knees ... #IgA #Vasculitis ... #clinical #photo ... dermatology #skin #rash #physicalexam
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... DTR’s • Onset: Few ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... : 2% Systemic Vasculitis
Vancomycin induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis (LCV) of the Hand
70 M vertebral osteomyelitis on vancomycin and cefepime for
Diagnosis? ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... polyangiitis, HSP ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
silence for a few ... Patient underwent a diagnostic ... The syndrome of ... Alternating #Bilateral #clinical ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
malignancies, vasculitis ... : • + Clinical ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... • TTP, HUS and HIT ... Antiphospholipid syndrome