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Avascular Necrosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Physical Trauma (esp. to the scaphoid bone with damage
Avascular Necrosis ... cells => Avascular Necrosis ... Sclerosis surrounding necrotic ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
- Palpable or necrotic ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Esophageal Necrosis ... Necrosis should ... melena - Other GI symptoms ... retrosternal chest pain Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
onset of muscle symptoms ... Myalgia/Myopathy Symptoms ... infiltrate engulfing necrotic ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... toxicity #myopathy #diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
(Cold-induced symptoms ... • Cutaneous necrosis ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... Differential Diagnosis ... rewarming • Symptoms
Dermatomyositis (DM) and Polymyositis (PM): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Elevated Antinuclear Antibodies: Anti-Jo-1, Anti-OJ, Anti-Mi2, Anti-SRP, Anti-EJ,
Perivascular, Capillary necrosis ... Findings: Muscle necrosis ... Polymyositis #PM #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
(90%): Aseptic necrosis ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... reactivity (Skin necrosis ... ulcers • Skin necrosis ... Cryofibrinogenemia Diagnosis ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
biologics (tumor necrosis ... 10-50%) - HTN, nephrotic ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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- Symptoms of ... Diagnosis - If suspected ... , AIH diagnosis ... Findings (eg Bridging Necrosis ... Hepatitis #AIH #Diagnosis