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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Generally affects long ... common sites: hip ... • XR, MRI to ... #hematology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Bone and joint ... Rule out other causes ... - MRI: inflammation ... #diagnosis #management ... #Dermatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
blood smear or on bone ... -> AML: Blast crises ... pain, fever, joint ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
base and body, tip ... Direct/indirect chest ... of coaptation point ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... Better call hematology ... JAK2 V617F) and MPNs ... , this list is long ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
or the anterior chest ... interphalangeal joints ... Dermatomyositis • Fever: up ... anti-NXP2 Abs Lung ... #dermatology #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... • Minority of Pts ... counseling should be done ... #cardiology #treatment
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
Re-aeration on follow-up ... A common cause of ... thus obstructing one ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Total #Lung
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... Serum Copper • Chest ... anymore • Routine bone ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
the consolidated lung ... is coughed up, ... Within one month ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #