4 results
Alkaptonuria (Black Urine Disease)
Urine turns dark when left standing due to oxidation of homogentisic acid 
Clinical
homogentisic acid Clinical ... • Ochronotic arthritis ... Alkaptonuria #BlackUrine #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... profile, including liver ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... #testing #Rheumatology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) Clinical ... anemia (MAHA) Pathophysiology ... , add other BP meds ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Meningitis, septic arthritis