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Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
pain • + elbow ... flexion test ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Arthritis, AS Treatment ... genital ulcers-Topical ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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intervertebral disc disease ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... differential #diagnosis #signs
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
caucasian • Symptoms ... Moderate orbital pain ... Unilateral • Signs ... MS-like ON: should ... other auto-immune diseases
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Sensitivity to pain ... Signs and symptoms ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... Romana's sign ... /symptoms, positive ... 80%) (abdominal pain ... Confirmatory Tests
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... or without back pain ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Treat if other signs ... fever, abdominal pain ... only if worsening symptoms ... advanced liver disease ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
(CPPD) Pathophysiology ... shoulders, wrists, elbows ... onset of swelling, pain ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Sudden onset of pain ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... Diagnosis: • Clinical tests ... affected tissue Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management