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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis: • Primary amyloid ... Bone/Joint: • Amyloid ... (AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY ... Protein • AL Amyloid ... swelling • Glaucoma, floaters
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Vitreous Floaters ... , appearing as floaters ... Acute-onset flashes and floaters ... Risk factors for floaters
Retinal Detachment

Floaters - Cobweb appearance 
Photopsia - Flash of light 
Visual field defect - Flash of
Detachment Floaters
Retinal detachment on Ocular POCUS

Patient: "I see floaters"
Me: "I see your problem" 

Dx - retinal detachment
Eric
Patient: "I see floaters
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
phenotypes: Blue Bloaters ... puffers and blue bloaters ... - Blue Bloaters
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
of cases): - Amyloid ... Down syndrome (amyloid
COVID-19 Biomarkers 
 - Troponin
 - D-dimer
 - Lymphocyte Count
 - IL-6
 - LDH
 - Fibrinogen
Fibrinogen - Serum Amyloid
Bloating and Belching - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup
Phenotypes:
"The gastric bloater" - Gastric outlet obstruction, Gastroparesis,
"The gastric bloater ... The small bowel bloater ... The constipated bloater
Great Mimickers - SHALLOTS Mnemonic

S- Syphilis - Neurosyphilis, aortitis, gummas... Granulomas can form anywhere! Skin, mucosa,
A - Amyloid - Amyloid
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
HTN, Cerebral Amyloid