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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... with acute promyelocytic ... in neutrophils are ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
under polarized microscopy ... Early diagnosis ... #amyloidosis #clinical ... #photo #AL #lightchain ... #NEJM
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
polarized light microscopy ... antibodies, which are ... Screening Tests for Acute ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... age, however the disease ... presents as an acute ... testing for HLH-associated ... Ferritin >500 ng/mL
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
osteomyelitis, Rheumatoid arthritis ... Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... Testing Blood ... polarized light microscopy
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
individual studies Clinical ... clinical presentation ... probability of getting ... = incidence in acute ... #calculations #diagnosis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
female at birth are ... presents with an acute ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... for giant cell arteritis ... based on clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Urinary antigen testing ... Meningitis, septic arthritis
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
present with an acute ... depending upon disease ... Although electron microscopy ... Staining Electron Microscope ... *** Report all
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
often paired with arthritis ... detected with testing ... The diagnosis of ... during attacks; arthritis ... #Fever #Diagnosis