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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... erythema nodosum (septal ... syndrome (Clinical ... azathioprine #Behcet ... #management #signs
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Septic ... Osteoarthritis - Overuse syndrome ... - SLE - Behcet ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis

Crystal-induced arthritis: Calcium oxalate, gout, cholesterol, pseudogout, hydroxyapatite crystals

Infectious arthritis: Bacteria, fungi,
: Behçet syndrome ... erythematosus,* Still disease ... inflammatory bowel disease–related ... hyperlipoproteinemia,* meniscal ... Monoarticular #Septic
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
end-stage liver disease ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... >LAP as atrial septum ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #saline