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Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Approach to the ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... risk actor for arterial ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Management Summary ... workup • Test ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... wrists, ankles • Axial ... involvement is
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
renal involvement ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... blood retum in serial ... differential #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Vascular Disease: Arterial ... least two more of the ... ulcers • Eye involvement ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Management Summary ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... (involvement IVC ... CT/MRI of the thorax ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Stiff Person Syndrome ... Management Summary ... - Stiffness in axial ... antibody that works ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO syndrome is ... joint involvement ... axial skeleton-sacroiliac ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... 48% depending on the ... Differentiation #Syndrome ... APML #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... of age, however the ... multiple organ involvement ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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nervous system involvement ... arterial aneurysms ... • Cogan Syndrome ... Urinalysis (Renal involvement ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology