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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Symptoms and Signs ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Renal ultrasound ... cause of renal disease ... • Renovascular disease ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... Nausea/vomiting • Abdominal ... clue • Blood tests ... ACTH stimulation test
Stone-In-Neck Sign on POCUS

A patient presents with abdominal pain and tenderness over this area. The scan
Stone-In-Neck Sign ... presents with abdominal ... sign) with sonographic ... #gallbladder #ultrasound ... #abdominal #labeled
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... clinical symptoms/signs ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathognomonic laboratory tests ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... diagnosis #management #signs
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
Stone-In-Neck Sign ... sign). ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... #gallbladder #ultrasound ... #abdominal #labeled
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
dullness, puddle sign ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... incisional). 3) Signs ... of underlying disease ... 3) Optional tests
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... imaging (CT, ultrasound ... testing for celiac disease
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA