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Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... Extravascular Causes ... • Mechanical Trauma ... ) - HELLP syndrome ... #hematology #anemia
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
): Leaflets are ... indirect chest wall ... trauma, LV infarction ... especially inferior wall ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
more likely it will ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
stages of this disease ... The signs and symptoms ... resembling rashes caused ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
benign breast diseases ... breast e.g. biopsy, car ... bruising/erythema/sign ... of trauma Breast ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... irreversible bronchial wall ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
diseases • Arteriovenous ... coronary heart disease ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Blunt Abdominal Trauma ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Thickening of bronchial walls ... Obstruction 6) Rheumatologic ... /Autoimmune diseae ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... tract, and often causes ... episcleritis as well ... purpura: strong sign ... #rheumatology #
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Case description ... mass and NO prior signs ... • This case should ... diffuse chondral disease ... #msk #rheumatology