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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... • Reticular/AMA ... body-like: - Neurologic ... Antinuclear #Antibody #Testing ... #differential #diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... ANA - Screen for ... #testing #workup ... #diagnosis #glomerulonephritis ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... Disease-specific testing ... , anti-GBM ab, ANA ... #nephrology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... Cytoplasmic Patterns ... body-like: • Neurologic ... #Cytoplasmic #Patterns ... #differential #diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... disease. 8) ANA ... #workup #diagnosis ... #initial #testing ... #nephrology #nephrotic
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitis - Skin, glomeruli ... : - Kidneys: glomerular ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... - (C-ANCA) pattern ... - (P-ANCA) pattern
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Imaging Patterns ... circulation: MCA ACA ... thrombosis Testing ... #management #neurology
Headaches Overview - Primary vs Secondary Headaches

What’s the Core Difference?
 • Primary headache = headache is
Unilateral, around eye, tearing ... (e.g., stroke, aneurysm ... hydrocephalus) • Neurologic ... (>50 years) P Pattern ... #Diagnosis