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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
) Pathophysiology ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
common in Asia • HLA-B51 ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... azathioprine • Severe or refractory
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
malignancy Pathophysiology ... adenoma, ↓(TFT, LH ... Radiotherapy: Relapse or refractory ... #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... and treatment of ... Patients with cirrhosis ... causes of liver disease ... hemochromatosis #algorithm #diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
abnormalities PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... • Stigmata of cirrhosis ... the left heart TREATMENT ... only definitive treatment ... #diagnosis #hepatology
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
IGG4 - Hepatic cirrhosis ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... Histopathological Diagnoses ... Hypoalbuminemia Treatment ... agonists #TAFRO #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... 40% Invasive Disease