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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Abdominal pain; ... macrophages from a small bowel ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... No auditory symptoms ... Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... last 3 months + symptom ... cultures, but test ... Rule out celiac disease ... disease w/ fecal
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... • Small Bowel ... Liver Function Tests ... #Hematology
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Relative ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Chronic Chest Symptoms ... #Hematology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... of underlying disease ... bilirubin 2) Routine tests ... 3) Optional tests ... #hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... management #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
algorithm. ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... alcohol-related liver disease ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Hepatology #Liver
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Workup • CNS symptoms ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... Test for the respective ... biopsy • Lab values ... supporting hematologic