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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 ... other orthopedic complications ... • XR, MRI to ... dz difficult to see ... #hematology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Most commonly intermediate-low ... is relatively common ... • PVNS/Giant Cell ... #clinical #Radiology ... diagnosis #msk #rheumatology
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
: hospitalized pts ... dyspnea 20-50% • URI ... Cardiac: multiple case ... 7-28% -> Incr risk ... complications,
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Thromboembolic complications ... are relatively common ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... • May involve PNS ... Kidney disease common ... Thrombosis highest risk ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
increased infection risk ... to 8 years Clinical ... noninfectious complications ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
circulation = risk ... Better call hematology ... some time, let’s see ... workup, think about common ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... salivary ducts Clinical ... effusion, INC risk ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
diseases, such as SLE ... Nodosa: • PAN most commonly ... oligoclonal bands • MRI ... tract, and often causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
, symptoms and complications ... MI, stroke, DVT/ ... thrombocytosis, only other commonly ... Thrombocythemia #ET #hematology ... diagnosis #management #hematology