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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... #AIDS #diagnosis ... #differential # ... signs #symptoms
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... However, it may be ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... (Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... ): MRI+gad (stroke ... CNS inflammatory cause
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
GI, infectious, hematologic ... diagnoses can be ... differential diagnoses ... abdominal pain (Table ... #Diagnosis #Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
/ AIDS - Differential ... Imaging: - MRI ... Demyelinating disease caused ... CNS #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
treatment may be ... organ-specific signs ... or symptoms (eg ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
common sites: hip ... • XR, MRI to ... dz difficult to see ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... Brain, Eye, and Ear ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... noninflammatory #differential
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... suspected HH based on symptoms ... including liver and hematologic ... overload have been ... liver biopsy or MRI
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... symptoms • Fever ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table