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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... severe clinical ... due to chronic disease ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Foods 6. ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
typically 10-15 year-olds ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tuberosity Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Krabbe Disease ... this interesting case ... Diagnosis was made ... leukodystrophy w/ deficiency ... #Diagnosis #MRI
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... and Clinical Features ... classically purple abdominal ... , CT and/or MRI ... x-ray and/or CT, abdominal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Present in foods ... • Common Causes ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... to IBD, celiac disease ... #nutrition
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Infectious causes ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: -
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
stress. 60% of CP cases ... 1st line: CT or MRI ... sensitivity) Clinical ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... Fat-soluble vitamin deficiency
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
DWI+ in acute disease ... patterns (this case ... was a complex I deficiency ... Leigh #Syndrome #Clinical ... #MRI #Brain #Diagnosis
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... Nausea & vomiting ... )but severe K+ deficiency ... University Infectious Diseases ... #Brain #clinical