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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... hernia • Rib ... #Differential #
Common Raynaud's Mimickers
 - Acrocyanosis
 - Chill blains (pernio)
 - Erythromelalgia
 - Frostbite
 - Achenbach's Syndrome

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Chill blains (pernio ... - Achenbach's Syndrome ... Raynauds #mimickers #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Mimics #rheumatology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... due to sepsis (umbilical ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Postinflammatory • Hernia ... : External abdominal ... mesenteric artery syndrome
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... musculoskeletal symptoms • Hernias ... to incisional hernias ... #differential #
Causes of Hypocomplementemia - CHAMPS Mnemonic
C - Cryoglobulinemia (85%), C3 glomerulopathy, cirrhosis
H - Heavy Chain deposition
Causes of Hypocomplementemia ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... 1 (50%-80%), type ... Mnemonic #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and Differential ... The most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... wall hernias (umbilical
Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • H. Pylori
 • NSAIDs
 • Gastric adenocarcinoma
 • Gastric lymphoma
Causes of Peptic ... neck of a hiatus hernia ... Zollinger-Ellison syndrome ... Ulcer #Disease #Causes ... #differential #
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Coombs • IgG type ... • Blood smear: Differential ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... skin that are caused ... Out Secondary Causes ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology