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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Ulcers: • Treatment ... Arthritis: • Colchicine ... immunosuppressive meds) Vascular ... #management #pharmacology ... #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... abnormalities • Muscular ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Avascular necrosis ... • XR, MRI to ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... #hematology
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... diagnosis Treatment ... results *** MH/CCF ... #Diagnosis #Management
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... diffuse chondral disease ... #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk #rheumatology
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... testing and expedite treatment ... • Dec NAA, inc Cho ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... or CHF) - Treat ... underlying cause ... underlying cause ... #management #cardiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... , AS Treatment: ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... , Tachycardia, Arthritis ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... KD #vasculitis #rheumatology ... #treatment
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... R-G or B-Y • MRI ... lesions (b) • CSF ... other auto-immune diseases ... #treatment #rheumatology