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Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Diagnosis Framework ... , Loose anagen syndrome ... spots associated ... Dermatitis (Consider HIV ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... of primary mitral ... body, tip usually ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Summary Primary ... fungal infection, HIV ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... of AI and a cortisol ... Insufficiency #Primary
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... other CTD TIP ... #cardiology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Anti-La/SSB ab • Lip ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... : • LIP (minor ... Interstitial Pneumonitis (LIP ... , UIP, NSIP): •
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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• Symptoms of primary ... antibody and HIV ... -1 and HIV-2 • ... Phase: • The short ... #HIV #diagnosis
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... tissue invasion and ... risk for either primary ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... • Weakness: Starts ... , bradycardia, urinary ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
responsible for most cases ... macular or papular; Alopecia ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... individuals with HIV ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... TB, NTM, PNA • Primary ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... #differential #diagnosis