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A 27-year-old man with a 2-year history of recurrent, painful skin lesions. A diagnosis of hidradenitis
A diagnosis of hidradenitis ... #Clinical #Derm ... #IM #Hidradenitis ... HidradenitisSuppurativa #NEJM
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
injury or after IM ... • Diagnosis: ... vesicles, and crepitus ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... performed on room air ... older) on room air ... Treatment: •
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... : - Treatment of ... most common long term ... Hospital of Baltimore IM
Tinea Capitis in a Newborn- A 3-week-old male newborn was brought to the pediatrician with three
ringworm, was diagnosed ... after 1 week of treatment ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #tinea #capitis ... #ringworm #derm
Evolution of Purpura Fulminans - On physical examination, he had small purpura on his legs (Panel
Treatment with broad-spectrum ... #Clinical #Derm ... #EM #IM #PurpuraFulminans ... Meningococcemia #NEJM
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... • P/E - GI and derm ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... , can consider IM ... consider other diagnosis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... hyperhidrosis, hair ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Syndrome: 3d of ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... or PenG 800K U IM ... initiation of treatment ... microscopy #pathology #clinical