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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - Differential ... Hirschsprung's Disease ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome • Muscular ... Dystrophy • Sexual
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... heavy metals), Critical ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... abnormalities • Muscular ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... disease affecting ... Oculopharyngeal muscular ... #Differential #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Clarkson’s Disease ... published cases, Median ... Relapsing-remitting course +++ Clinical ... IVIg) • Limit vascular ... #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rheumatic pain Clinical ... joint and spine, & medium ... and lower jaw Treatment ... osteoarticular and skin disease ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
4) progressive muscular ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... pulse deficits vascular ... primary condition MEDIUM ... affects the skin, neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology