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Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Treponema pallidum • Diffuse ... viral syndromes ... #Pharyngitis #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... Definition: Diffuse ... symptomatology Differential ... anti-CCP • CXR (diffuse ... #differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... and Mimics - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Diffuse ... Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... #Mimics #Differential
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome ... #Pulmonology #Differential ... #Causes #Diffuse
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
Characterized by diffuse ... staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome ... , the differential ... and toxic shock syndrome ... Febrile #Fever #Differential
Disorders of Pigmentations - Hypopigmentation and Hyperpigmentation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

HYPOPIGMENTATION
Diffuse Congenital - Generalized hypopigmentation of
Hyperpigmentation - Differential ... HYPOPIGMENTATION Diffuse ... • Piebaldism Diffuse ... McCune Albright syndrome ... #dermatology #Differential
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... test • + Tinel sign ... • + Froment's sign ... CubitalTunnel #Syndrome
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... common cause of diffuse ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Look for other signs ... Consolidation #Differential
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Ehlers-danlos Syndrome ... Amyloidosis, Proteus Syndrome ... Diffuse: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome ... Lung #Disease #differential
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... (<72 hours) - Differential ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Diffuse #Acute ... Abdominal #Pain #Differential