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Pemberton's Sign caused by a Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Elevating the arms causes the previously flat neck veins
Pemberton's Sign caused ... a Retrosternal Thyroid ... Elevating the arms causes ... #Retrosternal #Thyroid ... #otolaryngology
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Posterior-choroid ... Immunocompromised-CMV • Chronic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #ophthalmology
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... , Orbital apex syndrome ... Multiple sclerosis, Thyroid ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology
Causes of SVC Syndrome - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Benign (15-40%): Thrombosis (aka catheter-associated), Goiter, Fibrosing
Causes of SVC Syndrome ... - Differential Diagnosis ... , Retrosternal Thyroid ... Germ Cell Tumors, Thyroid ... SCVMCMed #SVC #Syndrome
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... Graves' disease (thyroid ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
retina and/or choroid ... inhabitants 3rd leading cause ... retinal ischemia Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Ophthalmology
Bilateral Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
 • Medication Side
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... Chronic: • Venous ... Disease • Chronic ... Kidney Disease • Thyroid
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... dermatomyositis, Thyroid ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
wall injury → mucous ... yellow or green mucus ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... - Thyroid storm ... Postmyocardiotomy syndrome ... Noninfectious #Causes