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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... Giant retinal tears ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Natural History of Syphilis
Primary - 2-6 weeks after infection
 • Chancre, Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Latent ≤ 1
Early Latent ≤ 1 year ... Late Latent - > 1 year ... infection • Gummatous disease ... syphilis (10%); Ocular ... Meningovascular disease
Landolfi’s Sign on Physical Exam

A 73-year-old man presented with shortness of breath. On ocular exam, pupil
Physical Exam A 73-year-old ... On ocular exam, ... present in this disease ... Clinical #Video #Ocular
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Intolerance • Celiac Disease ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... EmoryGastroHep #Abdominal ... Distension #Bloating #Management
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... Valvular heart disease ... Structural heart disease ... : • Pulmonary disease ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... cancers • Systemic diseases ... autoinflammatory diseases ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... Polycystic liver disease ... , Nodular regenerative ... Metastatic malignant disease ... Veno-occlusive disease
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Veno-occlusive disease ... Polycystic liver disease ... , Nodular regenerative ... Metastatic malignant disease ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
• Fever • Abdominal ... Guillain-Barré syndrome Management ... Antibiotics for severe disease ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis #Management
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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nodules, livedo - Abdominal ... vasculitis Behcet's disease ... Ulceration GI tract - Ocular ... IgG4-related disease ... Erdheim-Chester disease