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False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
False Positive Lung ... Point on POCUS ... False #LungPoint #POCUS ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound ... #diagnosis #mimics
Fusiform Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) on Long Axis POCUS

Just a simple fusiform abdominal aortic aneurysm in
Fusiform Abdominal ... ) on Long Axis POCUS ... color. >3cm is diagnostic ... #Long #POCUS #Aorta ... #clinical #ultrasound
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Positive ANAAutoimmune ... Disorders, Infection, Autoimmune ... Thyroid, Autoimmune ... #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Ultrasound High ... #Causes #Hematology
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
POCUS Nice pick ... up with a POCUS ... to diagnose through ... - MCW EM Ultrasound ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Toxoplasmosis AUTOIMMUNE ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... - small cell lung ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
OnePager Summary Autoimmune ... ANCA vasculitis (AAV ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... sparing of the lung ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral infection, autoimmune ... dehydrogenase • Positive ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... CLL (older) • Autoimmune ... younger pts) Differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... disease • Non-autoimmune ... rheumatologic diseases ... deficiencies • Autoimmune ... #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Skin lesions • Positive ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology