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Castleman's Disease and Associated Syndromes
HYALINE VASCULAR VARIANT
 • unicentric, HHV8-ve, children and young.
 • Hyalinized vessels
Castleman's Disease ... Pathogenesis: FDC ... with Castleman's disease ... Autoimmune diseases ... #Castlemans #Disease
Asthma
Chronic lung disease characterized by airway inflammation, airway and variable expiratory air flow obstruction
There are 2
Chronic lung disease ... obstruction: • FEV1 / FVC ... lower • FEV1 / FVC ... Increase of FEV1 or FVC ... greater in FEV or FVC
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
volume in 1 s; FVC ... Obstructive Lung Disease
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
demineralization) • Renal disease ... bone marrow • FLC ... ratio >100 if FLC
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
- IFE - FLC ... MGUS #SPEP #IFE #FLC
CBD and THC Drug Interactions

- Justin Reed Culshaw @CulshawReed 

#CBD #THC #Drug #Medication #Interactions #Pharmacology #CYP
CBD and THC Drug ... CulshawReed #CBD #THC
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
interstitial lung disease ... absolute decline in FVC
Forced vital capacity (FVC) curves comparing normal, obstructive, and restrictive disorders. Curves are as they appear
vital capacity (FVC ... Pulmonary #Spirometry #FVC
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Spherocytes, DAT (-) FHx ... malignancy, autoimmune disease
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
obstructive pulmonary disease ... volume in 1 s; FVC