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SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
• A clinical diagnosis ... Rule out other causes ... - MRI: inflammation ... and lower jaw Treatment ... #Rheumatology #diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Causes: • Large ... suspected, immediate MRI ... #MSK #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... and treatment can ... Non-inflammatory causes ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... consistent with MS
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... axonal form • MRI ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Transplantation including bone ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... surgery, trauma, and bone-marrow ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... • Pituitary MRI ... or refractory cases ... Endocrinology #Treatment ... #Pathophysiology
Nonossifying Fibroma with Pathologic Fracture - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Cortically based, geographic, lucent lesion with
Pathologic Fracture - MSK ... Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome ... lesion: • Simple bone ... • Aneurysmal bone ... #msk
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... Mucous membranes • Bone ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment