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Causes of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Environmental:
 • Toxin (organic solvents, mercury, lead)
 •
Causes of Recurrent ... insufficiency Uterus: • Fibroids ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Friboxanthoma • Fibrous ... • Malignant Fibrous ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Elevated Hemoglobin:
 • Males: Hb > 16.5 g/dL/HCT ≥ 49%
 •
Polycythemia - Acquired Causes ... , HCC, uterine fibroids
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
contains fibrinogen, fibrin ... small amounts of fibrin ... complex of: • Fibrin ... Fibrinogen • Fibrin ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... Endometriosis • Fibroids ... Pain #Chronic #Causes
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
the most common causes ... surrounded by a fibrous ... The most common cause ... This is a rare cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
polymerized, crosslinked fibrin ... been activated, fibrin ... age, which can cause
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
Causes Retained ... muscle tone) Fibroids
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
without significant fibrin ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes
Hypothyroidism - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Hypothyroidism
 • Isolated TSH Deficiency
 • Panhypopituitarism
Thyroid Hormone Resistance
Iatrogenic
Primary Hypothyroidism
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Disease • Fibrous ... endocrinology #causes