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Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
• Myocarditis, Pericarditis ... Opportunistic infections ... signs #symptoms #pathophysiology
Medial Approach Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Landmark 1/3 to 1/2 way from top of patella. Find
Corticosteroid Injection ... Corticosteroid #Injection ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... orthopedics #sports #rheumatology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
4) Always with pericarditis ... sometimes « viral pericarditis ... Unexplained fever, when infection ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Anterior Non-necrotizing Scleritis - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

This 57 yo WM reported to clinic complaining of
showed temporal injection ... this superficial injection ... patient was sent to rheumatology ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #rheumatology #
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... Triggering factor (infection ... Acquired HLH: • Infections ... Still disease, Infection ... treatment #summary #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... Lupus Cerebritis Induction ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
predictive of a serious infection ... overlook severe infections ... superior indicator of infection ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... Differential Diagnosis: Infection ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
skin necrosis (at injection ... ♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... Management #Treatment #Hematology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
disease states Pathophysiology ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology