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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... Minimal change disease ... - Amyloidosis ... Classification #Nephrology ... Recommended Text: Nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Syphilis, Lyme disease ... , Leprosy • Inflammatory ... , Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Fabry's disease ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Differential Diagnosis • Inflammatory ... Giardiasis • Inflammatory ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... , Scleroderma, Amyloidosis
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Non-Malignant • Amyloidosis ... • Gaucher's Disease ... Glycogen Storage Disease ... myelofibrosis) Inflammatory ... • Sickle Cell Disease
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis - Summary ... (AA) → Chronic Inflammatory ... the extent of disease ... Protein: Chronic Inflammatory ... • Circulating inflammatory
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
That May Mimic Inflammatory ... or peripheral neurologic ... disease • Myasthenia ... Trichinosis - Lyme disease ... differential #causes #neurology
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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Organophosphates • Inflammatory ... Non-Infectious: GBS, Amyloidosis ... Algorithm #causes #neurology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Rheumatic fever • Amyloidosis ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... neuropathy - SLE, Amyloidosis ... Macroglossia - Amyloidosis ... Scleroderma • Amyloidosis
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
 •
Demyelinating Diseases ... Diagnosis • Inflammatory ... Demyelinating #Diseases ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... Inflammatory causes ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #