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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis and ... Workup Clinical ... Inflammatory diseases ... #Differential # ... Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Renal parenchymal disease ... #causes #Differential
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
function, no valvular disease ... Workup for cause ... highest on my differential ... EtOH causes thiamine ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
The cause of this ... Differentials for ... Alternating #Bilateral #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
commonly parasellar masses ... mesodiencephalic disease ... Seesaw #nystagmus #ophthalmology ... #clinical #video ... #eye #ocular #PhysicalExam
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
microbiological techniques Work-up ... antimicrobials, clinical ... but important causes ... exists Infectious Diseases ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
Lindsay's Nails (Half-and-half Nails)
Distal brown transverse band seen in kidney disease. Caused by increased pigment deposition.

#Lindsays
brown transverse band ... seen in kidney disease ... Caused by increased ... #Fingernails #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Photo
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... number of sites of disease
Eyelid Myokymia on Physical Exam

via @ophthalmobcn

Unilateral eyelid tic or twitch - typically benign and self-limited, often
self-limited, often caused ... underlying systemic disease ... eyelid #ocular #clinical ... #PhysicalExam # ... ophthalmology #Twitch
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
the Journal of Clinical ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... reasoning during clinical ... Anemia of renal disease ... pathophysiology #differential