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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
on her chest (photo ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... extra sound is a pericardial
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic symptoms ... a mass as the cause ... Error • Cataract/Lens ... #Ophthalmology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... spine Signs / Symptoms ... loss of normal leg ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
- Differential Diagnosis ... Questions to Ask ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology
Conjunctivochalasis is defined as a redundant, nonedematous conjunctiva that causes a wide variety of symptoms ranging
conjunctiva that causes ... wide variety of symptoms ... conjunctivochalasis #ophthalmology ... dry #clinical #photo
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
(esp legs) -> Leg ... Inflammation of pericardium ... inflammation tends to cause ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #ExtraArticular
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
The signs and symptoms ... resembling rashes caused ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
dogs & latter can cause ... dog or cat bite. symptoms ... abrupt onset of symptoms ... the key to the diagnosis ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
a stroke that caused ... 40-60, women > men ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... stages #staging #msk
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
and age/2 for men ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms