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Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Differential Diagnosis ... Variant, Normal ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... #ShortStature #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • ... CK, normal biopsy ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #management #treatment
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
Anatomic Location - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pterygium Lens ... - Cotton wool spots ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... change • Contact lens ... effect of some abnormal ... Chalazion • Contact lens ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential
Types of Melanoma
Superficial Spreading
 • Most common form
 • Often develops in previously benign mole
 •
trunk, women = legs ... melanomas Uveal or Ocular ... • Most form in parts ... Melanoma #Types #differential ... #diagnosis #classification
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... can have extra nodal ... Responsive to Treatment ... #NonHodgkin #differential
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Landscaper w/ painless nodular ... wax and wane; diagnosis ... systemic signs, labs normal ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM; less
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
• Weakness: Starts ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... weakness, arms > legs ... life-threatening Differential ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Behcet's disease: - Oral ... and genital Sores ... Ulceration GI tract - Ocular ... Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology