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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Malignant pericardial ... metastases Treatment ... Radiation induced disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #oncology #cancer
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... Acute myocarditis, pericardial ... pregnant) • Diagnosis ... • Treatment: ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc ... #diagnosis #management
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Diagnosis: • Mildly ... trend response to treatment ... liver, pancreas, pericardium ... Blood & CSF (Cocci Ag ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... before performing echocardiogram ... regurgitation, pericardial ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... #management #treatment
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
• Heavy Chain disease ... myopathy • Anti MAG ... Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
dermatitis, a disease ... #diagnosis #causes ... dermatitis #eczema #dermatology ... References: Danby SG ... corticosteroids in dermatology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... Treatment: - Systemic ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #dermatology #oncology