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Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... - Diagnosis and ... concurrent stroke-like symptoms ... #Dissection #Diagnosis ... #treatment
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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Retroperitoneum and aorta ... conventional imaging (aorta ... + cells" Treatment ... #management #phenotypes ... #rheumatology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Hemolytic Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... direct Coombs • IgG ... type ± C3d • ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... caucasian • Symptoms ... #Neuritis #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology #
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
with a Stanford Type ... dissection. ... CTA and standard treatment ... suspicious signs/symptoms ... for a more rapid diagnosis
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Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
- Differential Diagnosis ... cause different symptoms ... Inflammatory • IgG4 ... pachymeningitis • GPA ... #differential #diagnosis
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... - ANA > 95% (IgG ... • Treatment: ... comparison #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
acidosis, and Aortic ... dissection. ... melena - Other GI symptoms ... : - Treatment of ... #management #gastroenterology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... for brain and/or optic ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology