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Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
weakness without skin ... any time during treatment ... Difficulty raising the arms ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
E2 production and ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... loss from the skin ... comparison #diagnosis #management
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Skin rash and malaise ... , but without treatment ... the palms of the hands ... resembling rashes caused ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Photo
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Can begin in arms ... Absent Reflexes: Arms ... Paresthesias: Hands ... #diagnosis #management
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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- Emergency Causes ... • HIV related myelopathy ... stimulation of skin ... T2 Treatment ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
macrognathia), ↑ hand ... , hair growth, skin ... tags, skin thickening ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Endocrinology #Treatment
This is a quick overview of hormonal acne treatment for the medical student and resident.

Keep in
hormonal acne treatment ... #photo #management ... #skin #hormonal ... data review of 70 cases ... hyperandrogenic skin
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Lacrimal swelling • Skin ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... demyelinating disease, myelopathy ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
variably: On one hand ... required due to skip ... Treatment of GCA ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... cavitating pneumonia, skin ... unintentional weight loss, nausea ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management