8 results
Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
Causes of Growth ... lbs) Maternal Complications ... >41 weeks) • Genetic ... injury, clavicular fracture ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... Incr Skeletal fractures ... PraderWilli #Syndrome #genetics ... #pathophysiology
Etiology and Complications of Cirrhosis

#Causes #Complications #Cirrhosis #Differential #Pathophysiology #Hepatology
Etiology and Complications ... of Cirrhosis #Causes ... #Complications ... #Differential #Pathophysiology ... #Hepatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... = nonspecific (nausea ... Monitor and Treat Complications ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
enzyme 21-OHase causes ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... #21HydroxylaseDeficiency #21OHD #pathophysiology ... #genetics #endocrinology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
• recurrent fractures ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... pain - Frequent fractures ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Paget’s Disease: Complications ... Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... -> Pathologic fractures ... PagetsDisease #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #complications
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

High mortality without prompt recognition and management. HLH is a critical diagnostic consideration in
hyperinflammatory syndrome caused ... Familial) HLH: - Genetic ... Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology