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Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
with autoimmune diseases ... Systemic rheumatic diseases ... of associated disease ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of EBV infection ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... number of sites of disease ... Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Clarkson’s Disease ... - To treat disease ... - To prevent disease ... #Clarksons #Disease ... #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
ANA ≠ Autoimmune Disease ... Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Infection ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... disease Complications ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... #differential # ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
multisystemic disease ... associated with other diseases ... demyelinating disease ... Tracheobronchial disease ... #Rheumatology #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Chronic lung disease ... status NTM Cause ... Hematologic malignancy ... History of immunosuppressive ... #differential #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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disease, and ocular ... (Granulomatous disease ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Systemic rheumatic diseases ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases ... (GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology