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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
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Nodules (Osler's Nodes ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
Bouchard's nodes ... Osteoarthritis #OA #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
lymphatic system (node ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Classification #pathophysiology
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
immunity Signs/Symptoms ... adenoids, +/- lymph nodes ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... Features: • Many symptoms ... patients have no symptoms ... peripheral lymph nodes ... Management #Signs #Symptoms
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
cells in the lymph nodes ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... and the systemic symptoms ... Diagnoses - The lymph node ... iMCD-TAFRO) - Lymph nodes
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
travel to lymph nodes ... acute respiratory symptoms ... Chronic pulmonary symptoms ... Rheumatologic symptoms ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
Tachycardias - Pathophysiology ... pathways through SA Node ... , Atrium, AV Node ... #Tachycardias #Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms of Hemolytic Anemia

#Pathophysiology #Hemolytic #Anemia #hematology #diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Pathophysiology, ... Signs and Symptoms ... Hemolytic Anemia #Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Iron Deficiency - Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms

#Iron #Deficiency #Pathophysiology #diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Iron Deficiency - Pathophysiology ... , Signs and Symptoms ... Iron #Deficiency #Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms