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Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... fraction < 20% Differential ... splenomegaly • Hepatic ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... • Ocular: uveitis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections • Nodular ... bloodstream - seeding ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Paradoxical spontaneous bleeding ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... emboli, and ocular ... Diagnosis: • + Clinical ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology
Pyothorax on Lung on Point of Care Ultrasound

POCUS helped to identify pyothorax in this unstable patient
Pyothorax on Lung ... Ultrasound POCUS ... unstable patient with septic ... to pneumonia, leading ... #pulmonary #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... , ocular, or disseminated ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
transmit sound waves, leading ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #clinical ... #pulmonary