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Limb-Shaking Transient Ischemic Attack (LS-TIA)

Limb shaking Transient Ischemic Attack (LS-TIA) during transient occlusion of the right
right ICA during angioplasty ... Ischemic #Attack #LSTIA ... intraoperative #vascular #angioplasty
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
The symptoms of ... of guide wires, angioplasty ... #CLI #heparin #amputation
Gardner's Syndrome
Multiple pre-malignant colonic polyps with soft tissue & bony tumours. Associated with mutation to the
Associated with mutation ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
findings • Sporadic mutation ... • Inherited mutation ... Retinoblastoma Signs / Symptoms ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
CD4 < 200 • Symptoms ... desaturation common with ambulation
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
HLA-DR4 mutation ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
ß-glucocerebrosidase activity • Mutation ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
arises via sporadic mutation ... Predisposition -> Mutation ... immunity Signs/Symptoms
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
growth AND • JAK2 mutation ... When present, symptoms ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... the reduction of symptoms
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
Autosomal recessive mutation ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications