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Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
cortical brain lesions ... or neglect, Agraphaesthesia ... Cortex #Cortical #Lesion ... #Localization #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
Constitutional symptoms ... • Transient vision ... • Permanent vision ... GiantCell #Arteritis #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Pyrexia Skin lesions ... haemorrhages - Janeway lesions ... #Endocarditis #Symptoms ... Signs #Features #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... caucasian • Symptoms ... focal, anterior lesions ... #rheumatology #
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
vision in patients ... • Cephalic symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms ... GiantCellArteritis #GCA #Rheumatology ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
and Management ... papulo-ulcerative lesion ... children; No evident lesion ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... #management #treatment
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Cranial nerve lesions ... , Aortic valve lesions ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... significant LMCA lesion ... with a stable symptom ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
Absence of skin lesions ... min/1.73 m2 at diagnosis ... • Dialysis at diagnosis ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Management ... #Rheumatology #