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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... with no early symptoms ... cells can indicate disease ... • Sezary syndrome ... #diagnosis #workup
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
hyperviscosity syndrome ... (SCD, leukemia, ... Pelvic/penile trauma ... #Priapism #Diagnosis ... #Management #Urology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
often in older adults ... (Wallenberg's syndrome ... Head trauma - Symptoms ... Syndrome usually ... #differential #diagnosis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Disease Clinical ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Complications: MAS ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Epidemiology: • Young adults ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... (Clinical Dx). ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
in adults • Disorder ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... immunophenotype Clinical ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #management
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Epidemiology: young adults ... • Clinical features ... involved) • No leukemic ... Differential Diagnosis ... comparison #oncology #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and less common diseases ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... -> Trauma, disc ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology