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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... : - MRI is modality ... visualize soft tissue damage
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... ) on room air Treatment ... #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
inflammation and tissue damage ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Diffuse alveolar damage ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... #treatment
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
#wavelengths #causes ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... non-melanoma skin cancer: clinical ... Oliveria SA, Saraiya ... Mechanisms and treatments
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... column Treatment ... release-reduces damage ... #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Key Point: High clinical ... cleaved form): damages ... vessel growth and damage ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology #OBGyn
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
tissues, leading to damage ... populations) CLINICAL ... X-rays, CT, or MRI ... TREATMENT OPTIONS ... #Management