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Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Causes of Low Vitamin ... B12 Levels Low ... vitamin B12 intake ... , coeliac disease ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... have had prior evaluations ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... poisoning • Celiac ... #Chronic #Causes
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
thigh bones -> chronic ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... Pernicious anemia/B12 ... deficiency • ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... : Acid maltase deficiency
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
) Deficiency Etiology ... • Common Causes ... related to IBD, celiac ... disease, other ... total body stores Evaluation
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... ischemia • Aortic/Iliac ... Neuropathy (DM, Vit B12 ... , B6, Cu deficiency ... - HIV - Lyme disease
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation ... are called lung masses ... chest CT in 6 to 12 ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... coronary artery disease
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... or folic acid deficiency ... treatments • Copper deficiency
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
periods after rain ... involvement in >95% of cases ... - Symptomatic chronic ... itraconazole (at least) x 12 ... months by Fatima Al
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Headache x1 mo, +neck pain ... w/ subacute-to-chronic ... Nausea & vomiting ... )but severe K+ deficiency ... University Infectious Diseases