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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... : • Pauci-Immune ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #differential #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Endemic fungi: Histo ... , Sarcoidosis, HSP ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
likely it will be clinically ... Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Infection ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... History of immunosuppressive ... Disease: Clinical ... #differential #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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progressing GN • New pulmonary ... Necrotizing, pauci-immune ... + MPO-ANCA MEDIUM ... to exclude are infections ... #classification
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... a few months (median ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... #Differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease ... patient’s complete medical ... history - conduct ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Malignancy • Infections ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... : • + Clinical ... Occlusion of small to medium-sized ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of EBV infection ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Erythema nodosum • Immune ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... number of sites of disease