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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 ... #Urticaria #diagnosis
Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
secondary to Systemic Diseases ... Nail Fold Abnormality ... Spoon-shaped • Iron deficiency ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
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
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: -
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal Cord ... heavy metals), Critical ... : Acid maltase deficiency ... #differential #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
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
proximal nail fold ... proximal nail fold ... illness, trauma, and cold ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs
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