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Von Willebrand Disease - Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Management

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong - Strong Medicine
- Clinical Presentation ... , Diagnosis and ... Management - ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #hematology #treatment
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Clinical Disease ... Characteristics and ... Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology #
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... age • Monitor and ... #management #pathophysiology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
Gaucher Disease ... Pathophsiology ... in GBA1 gene Clinical ... involvement (type 2 and ... #Symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Clinical Findings ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... intervertebral disc disease ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Molluscum Contagiosum 
Clinical 
 • Most common in school-age children 
 • Transmitted by direct contact
Painless, no systemic symptoms ... Spares the palms and ... #Contagiosum #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Management ... #Dermatology
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... distal to elbows/wrists ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #testing
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
and Management ... Summary Pathophysiology ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms/ ... #Management #dermatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
clinical associations ... duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #