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Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis vs Ehrlichiosis vs Babesiosis
Nonspecific febrile illness with severe headache and myalgia.
Diagnosis: NAAT, Blood
Ehrlichiosis vs Babesiosis ... Diagnosis: NAAT, ... Blood Smear Human ... Ioxedes Tick - Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
- Differential Diagnosis ... Grafts, Valves, AS ... toxins: Malaria, Babesiosis ... Peripheral Blood Smear ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Phimosis 
Inability to retract the foreskin - Can be normal up to 3 years old -
after age 4 Treatment ... back to anatomic position ... Paraphimosis #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Urology
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... hospitalization and treatment ... peripheral blood smear ... neutrophils are also ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... peripheral blood smear ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... not required in all ... dysplasia on the smear
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Benign paroxysmal positional ... often classified as ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
amyotrophy with the pathologic ... Other possible diagnosis ... column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Definition: A pathologic ... develop persistent pathologic ... Obstructive) Diagnosis ... insufficiency manifesting as ... gastroenterology #treatment
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... • Pain is not positional ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... Angina #cardiology #diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
jaundice ​• Neuro: AMS ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... phase: Peripheral smear ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis