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Petechiae are small, red lesions caused when capillaries leak blood into the skin. Petechiae larger than
small, red lesions caused ... cm are purpura #Clinical ... #EM #IM #Derm #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL ... of about three cases ... • History of EBV ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Lymphoma (90-95% of cases
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
 •
Infectious: Influenza, EBV ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
patient presented to clinic ... fasciculus), which causes ... The most common causes ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... ophthalmology #neurology
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... Clinical Significance ... #cullensign #em ... #peritonitis #IM
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... - Improves clinical ... Hospital of Baltimore IM
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
lymphoma, ALK+ Clinical ... lungs, liver) • BM ... pattern: mimics NS CHL ... than one • Rare cases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... management #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... transplantation CLINICAL ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... diagnosis #management #neurology