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Web chart of etiologies related to inflammatory head and neck masses.

#pediatrics #peds #differential #causes #pearls #head
pediatrics #peds #differential ... #causes #pearls
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Hyperferritinemia Pearl ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm #Differential
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
Hyperferritinemia - Differential ... Malignancy - 32% Pearls ... saturation to differentiate ... Hyperferritinemia #Differential
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Double Vision - Differential ... Algorithm Clinical Pearls ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Anterior Uveitis - Differential ... Leukemia/Lymphoma Pearl ... Anterior #Uveitis #Differential
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection Pearls ... Pulse deficit/differential
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Anemia and IBD Pearls ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate
Prior Fever in a Returning Traveler – PEARLs
Remember that in any returning traveler with a fever
Returning Traveler – PEARLs ... Subacute #Acute #Differential
Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
Lyme Disease Pearls ... antibiotics for early ... doxycycline in kids <8 years ... #LymeDisease #Pearls
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Injury By: • Early ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... anticoagulation Pearls