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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Clinical manifestations ... Doppler US : halo sign ... PET/CT: aortitis ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... #Signs #Symptoms
Corona Radiata (Sunburst sign) on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass, with spiculated and inegular margins
Corona Radiata ( ... Sunburst sign) on ... : Bronchogenic Ca ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... , myocarditis, coronary ... infarction, coronary ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #management #signs
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Air Crescent Sign ... consolidation or nodular ... , bronchogenic Ca ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Thumbprinting in Ischemic Colitis- Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen, performed to evaluate the possibility of
of the sigmoid colon ... consistent with a diagnosis ... ischemic #colitis #clinical ... #radiology #CT ... #NEJM