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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Induced Muscle Toxicity ... weakness without skin ... position, or climbing stairs ... Statin #muscle #toxicity ... myopathy #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Altered mental status ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Medication/Drug toxicity ... #diagnosis #management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
weight loss • Skin ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... infected without symptoms ... #Syphilis #stages ... #diagnosis #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections • Nodular ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... NTM #Infections #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• A state of hyperinflammatory ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... lesions, ocular ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity ... Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
respiratory distress syndrome ... gradually with symptoms ... • Reticular + Nodular ... Improvement in symptoms ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
3rd Decade Skin ... Erythematous, macular ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Seizures • Strokes Skin ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... + Nonspecific symptoms ... chondritis • Ocular ... • Inner ear • Skin ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management