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Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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- Heliotrope sign ... or shawl sign ... Gottron's papules - Raynaud's ... Interstitial lung disease ... tract - Cardiac disease
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
test • + Tinel sign ... Hypothenar muscle wasting ... • + Froment's sign ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... skin thickening Signs ... interstitial lung disease ... • Vascular: Raynaud's ... #symptoms #testing
Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Finger pulp atrophy
 • Tissue ischemia/infarction -> Digital ulcerations
Raynaud’s Phenomenon ... extremities #Raynauds ... #Phenomenon #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... • Spurling's sign ... : Tilting head back ... pain Lasegue's sign ... #symptoms #pathophysiology
CREST Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

CALCINOSIS (BB-sized, hard nodules in fingers)
RAYNAUD'S Phenomenon
ESOPHAGEAL DYSMOTILITY
SCLERODACTYLY (thickening and tightening
nodules in fingers) RAYNAUD'S ... CREST #Syndrome #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Leukemia) • GI diseases ... liver or kidney disease ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
quadrant discomfort Signs ... associated autoimmune disease ... eyes and mouth, Raynaud's ... of autoimmune disease
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs ... , Symptoms and Pathophysiology ... nonerosive reflux disease ... Functional #Dyspepsia #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #diagnosis #signs
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
retraction (Collier's sign ... Hydrocephalus → "setting ... sun sign" - Vascular ... disease (stroke