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Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
weakness without skin ... polymyositis, dermatomyositis ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Dermatomyositis (DM) and Polymyositis (PM): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Elevated Antinuclear Antibodies: Anti-Jo-1, Anti-OJ, Anti-Mi2, Anti-SRP, Anti-EJ,
Dermatomyositis ... processes occur in the skin ... regeneration, diffuse CD8 ... Polymyositis #PM #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
multiforme - Dermatomyositis ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... - CBC may also ... Treatment: - Systemic ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
, hair growth, skin ... tags, skin thickening ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Differential Diagnosis ... • HIV related myelopathy ... stimulation of skin ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Lacrimal swelling • Skin ... /aggregate) of CD4 ... demyelinating disease, myelopathy ... amyloidosis, PAH Skin ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment