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Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
phosphate intake and ... Osteoblastic mets- prostate ... cancer • Drug ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Chronic ... #Causes #algorithm
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Elevated Amylase ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pancreatic causes ... - Pancreatic cancer ... Renal failure / Chronic
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Elevated Liver Enzymes ... • Ischemia • Autoimmune ... • Drugs • AIH ... • Pancreatic cancer ... #Causes
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
malignancies, autoimmune ... Erythema elevatum ... associated with cancers ... other autoimmune ... comparison #table #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... disease, Cancer ... Reversible course Differential ... An elevated white ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... Immunosuppression • Autoimmune ... Inflammatory marker elevated ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... hematology #oncology #management
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... • Anti-TIF1 (cancer-associated ... kinase levels are elevated ... statins - probably caused ... muscular atrophy • Chronic