8 results
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... ) - Differential ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... isolated otalgia), thyroid ... #Otolaryngology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... finding of diplopia ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... Graves' disease (thyroid ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... incidental CXR finding ... , cough, chest pain ... (2-5%), liver (pain ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
wall injury → mucous ... yellow or green mucus ... weight • Chest pain ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... disease of unknown cause ... proximal muscle pain ... creatine kinase, and thyroid-stimulating ... normal and can help differentiate
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Capillary leak syndrome ... paresthesia, abdominal pain ... Limit vascular filling ... month at least 1 year ... #diagnosis #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
respiratory distress syndrome ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Characteristic finding ... • ↑ LDH • ↑ ESR ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management