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Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
(ANC <500 x 10^ ... Criteria: • Abdominal ... pain (>3 on visual ... analog scale) • Abdominal ... distention • Abdominal
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
dilatation of the abdominal ... include pulsatile abdominal ... hypotension and pain ... the way in any abdominal ... Radiology #POCUS #Abdominal
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... : • Abdominal ... wall painAbdominal ... aortic aneurysms
Typhlitis - Neutropenic Enterocolitis

Pathophysiology:
 • Chemo → friable intestinal mucosa → bacterial translocation +/- perforation
Presentation:
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Presentation: • Fever + Abdominal ... Pain (most often ... of chemo) • Abdominal ... not abate until ANC ... Enterocolitis #diagnosis
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Lymphadenopathy, Malaise, Abdominal ... Pain, Spontaneous ... Lymphohistiocytosis • Anemia, Neutropenia ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... (→ventricular aneurysm ... ), mural thrombi ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
coronary artery aneurysms ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diabetes mellitus, neutropenia ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... At risk: AIDS, neutropenia