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Nail diseases and disorders.
 - Spoon Nails (Koilonychia)
 - Pitting of Nails
 - Beau's Lines
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Leukonychia (white spots ... #Diagnosis #Fingernail ... #Disorders #Differential ... Leukonychia #Table #Clinical
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
may be long or short ... each of the above photos ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
peripheral blood smears ... trait do very well clinically ... e.g. there were reports ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Detection of AFB by smear ... microscopy Management ... Residency @CMC_IM #Potts
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... to be in ADHF starts ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... primary lesions - differential ... Polycythemia vera) Management ... Keep fingernails ... short and clean
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Indonesia, and parts ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear #
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
tubule (DCT) Clinical ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... diagnosis #nephrology #management