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Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... RBC Mass / Decreased ... , Shortness of Breath ... Chronic Chest Symptoms
Mammogram Basics

A diagnostic mammogram is obtained when a patient has symptoms, usually a mass. The mass
a patient has symptoms ... views of each breast ... looking at the breast ... turned out to be a breast ... Normal breasts are
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
white or yellow areas ... around atrophic areas ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
Pituitary Mass Effects ... is the order of least-essential ... For The Adenoma Please ... Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
in sun exposed areas ... hair follicles -> causes ... keratinocytes but abnormal ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... Areas of diagnostic ... aminotransferase; BMI, body mass ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
rapid onset of symptoms ... ALL: mediastinal mass ... crises • Blasts ... Intracellular Urate ... Transformation: • Complication
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
and ophthalmic complications ... 50 in GCA, but normal ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms