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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Criteria - Either ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #criteria
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis ... Diagnostic Criteria ... Abnormal pathergy test ... Most Common Clinical ... #Diagnosis #criteria
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
algorithm. ... metabolic syndrome criteria ... alcohol-related liver disease ... aminotransferase; BMI, body mass ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... Fever is the main clinical ... Liver function tests ... Histopathologic criteria ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... jaundice ​• Neuro: AMS ... Clinical Presentation ... → Mular DIAGNOSIS
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
had a palpable mass ... - **MSK rads ... diffuse chondral disease ... Tendon Sheath - Nodular ... mass which can
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
asymptomatic patient has ... result with no clinical ... decrease the risk for reactivation ... intermediate risk of disease ... result may occur
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
setting of liver disease ... intrinsic lung disease ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... 10 minutes of rest ... Criteria: • Underlying
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hepatology
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
- Ocular syphilis ... but do not meet criteria ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... of Infectious Diseases