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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... with the skin disorder ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... systemic autoimmune disease ... should have other symptoms
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
and associated disorders ... Autoimmune thyroid disease ... nervous system symptoms ... and associated disorders ... Headache, visual symptoms
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
lymphoproliferative disorder ... infection, autoimmune disorder ... (Cold-induced symptoms ... Monoclonal IgM Includes Disorders ... rewarming • Symptoms
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and less common diseases ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... optica spectrum disorder
Castleman's Disease and Associated Syndromes
HYALINE VASCULAR VARIANT
 • unicentric, HHV8-ve, children and young.
 • Hyalinized vessels
Castleman's Disease ... FDC • Systemic symptoms ... with Castleman's disease ... unicentric • Systemic symptoms ... Plasma cell disorders
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... bypass), LFT (liver disease ... primary hematologic disorder
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
Gaucher Disease ... Lysosomal storage disorder ... #Gauchers #Disease ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
collection of symptoms ... are caused by disorders ... not one specific disease ... is Alzheimer's disease
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Infiltrative Disorders ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... autoimmune endocrine disorder ... insufficiency - Celiac disease
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
connective tissue disorders ... Left-sided heart disease ... , aortic valve disease ... anemia, thyroid disorders ... Symptoms of right