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Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome (SPS ... - People with SPS ... sleep DDx: • Neuromyotonia ... Person #Syndrome #SPS
Colonoscopy Followup Intervals 
10 years: Normal colonoscopy, ≥ 20 HP < 10mm
7-10 years: 1-2 adenomas <
-10 years: 1-2 SSPs ... adenomas, 5-10 SSPs ... , Adenoma or SSP ... grade dysplasia, SSP ... 10 adenomas SSPs
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
Streptococcus sp ... Streptococcus sp ... , Enterococcus spp ... Streptococcus spp
Morphology and Descriptions of Fungal Infections with Hyphae or Pseudohyphae in Tissues
Yeasts with Pseudohyphae: 
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, Fusarium spp, ... Scedosporium spp ... , Trichoderma spp ... , Fonsecaea spp, ... , Exophiala spp,
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Bacterial: Staph spp ... , Strep spp, Pseudomonas ... spp, Bartonella ... Fungal: Candida spp ... , Aspergillus spp
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
• Plesiomonas spp ... Cunninghamella sp ... • Rhizopus spp ... Cunninghamella sp ... • Phialemonium sp
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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pattern: - SjS ... Raynaud phenomenon, SjS ... conditions - Sp ... PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS ... polar: - SLE, SjS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS ... ) HPS-differential ... and diaphragm HPS-diagnosis ... vasodilatation HPS-severity ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome #HPS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
vasodilatation HPS ... Stages: • Mild HPS ... mmHg • Moderate HPS ... mmHg • Severe HPS ... • Very severe HPS
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
of Coccidioides spp ... however Candida spp ... , Fusarium spp, ... Scedosporium spp ... , Fonsecaea spp,