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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... investigations Risk ... GCA is almost never ... : - Fever - ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis ... Risk Factors: ... • Age (almost never ... Constitutional symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Combination of Skin Findings and Arthritis in Pediatrics Patient - Differential Diagnosis
Malar rash: 
 • A
in Pediatrics Patient ... - Differential Diagnosis ... not be seen try focus ... Suggestive of: Rheum Fever ... #peds #pediatrics
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
ARDS to explain symptoms ... • Fever and hypotension ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... • Rheumatic fever ... streptococci (rheumatic fever ... #MSK #rheumatology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
General: fever, ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... anterior/posterior MSK ... syndrome: ACUTE, fever ... presentation with fever
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... injury • DVT (Risks ... pain/swelling - Fever ... #differential #diagnosis ... lower #extremity #msk
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
culture used to diagnose ... inflammatory response Risk ... 12-24 Hours • Fever ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison ... #rheumatology #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... infection • Cough, fever ... • Isolated fever ... Meningitis, septic arthritis
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... Bone Groups at risk ... Ill temper • Fever ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... Mountain spotted fever