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Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis ... Management Summary Clinical ... pathologic fx) Diagnosis ... Multiple #Myeloma #Diagnosis ... #Management #oncology
Osteosarcoma 
Most common primary malignant bone tumor in children 
Most Common Sites of Involvement:
1. Distal femur
primary malignant bone ... proximal femur Clinical ... injury • Systemic symptoms ... #Osteosarcoma #Diagnosis ... #Features #Oncology
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Pathogenesis and clinical ... 3: Necrosis of bone ... destroying thin bony ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #otology
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical ... in subchondral bone ... contact between bony ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Stages of Syphilis
Early Primary:
 • Painless chancre
 • Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Secondary:
 • Fever, malaise
 • Rash
testing • No symptoms ... • Gummatous • Nodular ... lesions in bone ... Syphilis #Stages #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
rapid onset of symptoms ... chronic onset of symptoms ... B-cell lineage ALL Symptoms ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... back pain - Symptoms ... of bacilli to bone
Diagnosing Brucellosis
Epidemiological Exposures
- Endemic Regions
- Clinical Micro Lab Technicians
- Animal/Vaccine Exposure: Vets, Slaughterhouse workers, hunters
- Unpasteurized
Diagnosing Brucellosis ... Endemic Regions - Clinical ... cheese, ice cream) Clinical ... Neurological, Ocular ... Culture (blood, bone
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
• Frequency of symptoms ... patient with a clinical ... • Frequency of symptoms ... patient with a clinical ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms ... resistance • Adrenal: Nodular ... atypia (46,XX) • Bone ... fusion, Decreased bone ... #diagnosis #endocrinology