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SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
inflammatory disorder of bone ... inflammation of the bones ... • Bone and joint ... Rule out other causes ... osteoarticular and skin disease
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Chronic diarrhea / IBD ... Pancreatitis - Hungry bones ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... - Lobar or focal ... have more than one ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Differential #Table
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cushing's Disease ... Chemotherapy • Bone ... Celiac, IBD) • ... endocrinology #causes
Unicentric Castleman Disease (UCD) vs Multicentric Castleman Disease (MCD) - Comparison Table

Unicentric Castleman Disease (UCD):
 •
) - Comparison Table ... or mild (pressure ... Liver, spleen, bone ... Variable; depends on cause ... #Comparison #Table
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... • Chronic lung disease ... status NTM Cause ... through local multiplication ... ) - Bone Marrow
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
the extent of disease ... muscle wasting Bone ... -1 & IL-6 → AA Protein ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... and spleen • Fecal
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
for disseminated disease ... ) • skin • bones ... TREATMENT: Clinically stable ... patients with mild ... to moderate disease
Mermaid Syndrome

Doctors at the Petlaburj Maternity Hospital in Hyderabad delivered a rare 'mermaid baby' or a
which made the case ... fusion of the bones ... 2017, a 23-year-old ... In 2019, a local ... the story of a one-year-old