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Possible Algorithm for Workup of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
Tier 1 Workup:
 • CBC, comprehensive metabolic
Possible Algorithm ... for Workup of Fever ... Neuroimaging • Echocardiogram ... #Fever #Unknown ... #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
surrounding tissue • Can ... e.g. biopsy, car ... bruising/erythema/sign ... Patient may have fever ... #differential #diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... performing echocardiogram ... within 10 d of fever ... clinical and lab signs ... #Diagnosis #Peds
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... challenging differential diagnosis ... the central dot sign ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
defining feature, PRS can ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... EGPA • ESR and CRP ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... • IF staining patterns
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
density, which can ... published soon: Chest ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lung #Patterns
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean Fever ... Mediterranean areas ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... intracellular urate ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... (to support a diagnosis ... #diagnosis #testing
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
full infectious work-up ... days → add fungal work-up ... - Occurs after CAR-T ... speech changes (CAR-T ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis