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What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
Symptoms/exam ... ulnar part of hand ... Always check for skin ... open fracture Hand ... #Metacarpal #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... organism into the skin ... endocarditis Local ... Mouth, throat, skin ... #Diagnosis #Management
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Skin rash and malaise ... The signs and symptoms ... the palms of the hands ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
dog or cat bite. symptoms ... to meningitis, endocarditis ... abrupt onset of symptoms ... the key to the diagnosis ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
ARE THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMS ... Immediate type-skin ... corticosteroids +/- anti-fungal ... ABPA #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
variably: On one hand ... required due to skip ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
, bloodstream, skin ... negative bacteria, fungi ... • Symptoms: Fever ... - Discolored skin ... Septic #Shock #Diagnosis
Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
 - Pulmonary Fibrosis -> Crackles, Abnormal CXR
 - Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart
nodules under skin ... fingers) - Finger/hand ... /toes - Peri-ungal ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
self-limiting respiratory symptoms ... extrapulmonary sites: skin ... • Management ... #management #summary ... #fungal
Relapsing Polychondritis

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

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... + Nonspecific symptoms ... • Inner ear • Skin ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... #management