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Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... HIV, syphilis, Whipple ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Frontotemporal dementia ... - 2nd cause after
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Causes of Diffuse ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
acute/subacute/chronic ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... • Tropheryma whippleii ... (Whipple's disease ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
marine microbiota & causes ... 🦪 🦀 sepsis: chronic ... immunosuppressive meds, chronic ... rash #cellulitis #dermatology ... #legs #clinical
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... ​• Chronic phase
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... immunophenotype Clinical ... uw_IMresidency #CLL #Chronic ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Atopic diseases, Chronic ... spontaneous urticaria, Chronic ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and/or hypoxia Chronic ... Chronic thromboembolic ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... #Differential #Causes
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... with a relatively chronic ... -> AML: Blast crises ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... leukemia #CLL #Chronic ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology