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Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Lung Disease. ... Metabolic storage disease ... Bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Disease.
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... Clinical history ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... IgG4 #Related #Disease
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... Hyperthyroidism • Paget's disease ... Chronic kidney disease ... • Milk-alkali syndrome ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Mass lesions: Carcinoma ... sprue, Whipple's disease ... ulcers, Crohn's disease ... rubber bleb nevus syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Periodontal disease ... dentition/gingival disease ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... loss • Late disease ... in early disease
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
- Differential Diagnosis ... CA, Bronchial carcinoid ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... • Valvular Disease ... #pulmonary #causes
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and less common diseases ... and treatment can ... infections • Lyme disease ... squamous cell carcinoma ... MRI lesions and clinical
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Management Summary Clinical ... locally advanced disease ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... of metastatic disease ... of metastatic disease
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... GAS in 30% of cases ... kidneys, liver, lung ... BIDMC Infectious Diseases ... #STSS #treatment
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
and Causes Clinical ... , Nieman-Pick Disease ... , Danon Disease, ... Gaucher Disease ... Heart Disease,