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Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Environmental triggers ... - Postulate 1 ... Peripheral sensory changes ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Pathophysiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
• Severe: Only 1% ... • Treatment: ... Disease": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
• Prevalence: 1- ... associated with DM-1, ... Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... tendency to fall • Triggers
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... • Serum IGF-1 ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... approximately 1 ... adenomas that require treatment ... #SideEffects #endocrinology ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #infectiousdiseases
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Correlating the Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Note: Some charts show different relative levels of
Cycles Note: Some charts ... Ovarian Cycle 1. ... can vary) • Triggered ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology ... #comparison #endocrinology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
swelling and eyelid changes ... 1 month following ... or induced by treatment ... Horners #Syndrome #clinical ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Vision changes ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... territories signal changes ... epilepticus Treatment
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
poor nutrition Clinical ... mucocutaneous changes ... vasculitis Treatment ... Supplementation with 1 ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology