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Dermatomyositis
A middle-aged man describes progressive difficulty combing his hair and rising from a seated position over
Dermatomyositis ... This is a case of ... dermatomyositis ... 1) heliotrope rash ... Papules #Clinical #Photo
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Recreational drugs, Poisons ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Statin Toxicity • Dermatomyositis ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... , Polymyositis/dermatomyositis ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Immobilization, Crush ... (polymyositis/Dermatomyositis ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... Management #Summary #causes
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Management Summary Causes ... Immobilization - Crush ... : Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis ... #treatment #nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... vesicular rash, ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... #Algorithm #differential ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Shawl sign poikiloderma in Dermatomyositis

Poikiloderma in general is a common finding in older individuals with chronic
poikiloderma in Dermatomyositis ... poikiloderma of dermatomyositis ... symptoms helps differentiate ... #Rash #Dermatomyositis ... Dermatology #Clinical #Photo
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Burns • Trauma/Crush ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... potassium #high #nephrology
Dermatomyositis with heliotrope rash, shawl sign, and Gottron's papules

A middle-aged man describes progressive difficulty combing his
Dermatomyositis ... with heliotrope rash ... out this is a case ... of dermatomyositis ... dermatology #clinical #photo