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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Clinical History ... , ..), Fungal (rare ... , Takayasu arteritis ... #Differential #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... investigations depending on clinical ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... Like in this case ... • Acute = Viral ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Using fluorescence microscopy ... likely it will be clinically ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... What diseases are ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... polarized light microscopy ... Screening Tests for Acute ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... #laboratory #workup
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
an old house & works ... as car mechanic ... heaped up borders); differential ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo
Gout of the Knee: Image on right demonstrates redness and swelling caused by acute gouty arthritis.
swelling caused by acute ... gouty arthritis ... seen in both legs are ... #Photo #Gouty # ... Arthritis #Knees
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Humans are definitive ... The acute phase ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear # ... microscopy