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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
duration of symptoms ... within one hour or longer ... angioedema Other symptoms ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Summary table of heart murmurs associated with mitral and aortic valve diseases as well as their
Summary table of ... aortic valve diseases ... symptoms. ... medical diagrams, tables ... #diagnosis #heart
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Clinical Disease ... Characteristics and ... Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology #
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
) Morphologies and ... Associated Diseases ... Macro-ovalocyte, Ringed ... Microscopy #Pathology #Hematology ... #Diagnosis #Dyspmorphic
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder ... rotation of the shoulder ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Scleritis, Heart Disease ... Nodules, Pulmonary Disease ... Arthritis #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... signs #symptoms
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Autoantibodies and ... their Disease Associations ... (TTG) - Celiac disease ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
nose, ears, or fingers ... (Cold-induced symptoms ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
capitate ("apple") should ... tea cup") which should ... no longer sitting ... onto outstretched hand ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... XR, MRI to dx and ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology