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Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
Lemierre's Syndrome ... Male with high fever ... Differential/diagnosis ... Lemierre's Syndrome ... septic emboli in lungs
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Sagittal View

Male with high fever and right
Lemierre's Syndrome ... Male with high fever ... Differential/diagnosis ... Lemierre's Syndrome ... septic emboli in lungs
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... ) General: Fever ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms ... • Treatment: ... #comparison #table ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... : 33% • Treatment ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... conditions: Autoimmune (SLE ... features: Fever ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... #table
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
syndromes Clinical ... rash) • Heart, lung ... erythematosus [SLE ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... weight loss, and fever ... Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical Features ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Similar symptoms ... Syndrome: 3d of ... Assc symptoms include ... The table below ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... General: fever,