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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Endomyocardial biopsy ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... • IVIG (Giant cell ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
common benign breast ... calcification of fat cells ... e.g. biopsy, car ... tumour of fat cells ... soft, non-tender, well-circumscribed
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
and vomiting as well ... Clinical #Derm #EM #Radiology ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... unclear - Giant Cell ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #summary #biopsy
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Renal Cell Carcinoma ... test: abdominal CT ... CT/MRI of the thorax ... Percutaneous renal biopsy ... kinase inhibitors (e.g
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Giant cell arteritis ... (GCA) Giant cell ... in literature (NEJM ... Biopsy identifies ... cases (Cornelia NEJM
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
depression on ECG ... and white blood cell ... imaging technique (CT ... diagnosis #criteria #cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
cardiomyopathy GI ... Monoclonal B Cell ... part of plasma-cell ... Immunofixation • Tissue biopsy-Congo ... of the heart GI
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
which showed a well-defined ... #NEJM #clinical ... #laryngoscope #radiology ... #CT #laryngocele
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
a normal white-cell ... #clinical #NEJM ... liver #hepatic #radiology ... #CT #ultrasonography