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Muehrcke's Lines (Leukonychia striata)
Narrow while transverse lines (Not depressed, compared to Beau's lines). Usually 2 or
states of decreased protein ... synthesis or increase protein ... Clinical #Photo #Sign
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Amyloid precursor protein ... amyloid precursor protein ... chromosome 21) Signs ... geriatrics #diagnosis #signs
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Chiari Syndrome - Protein-Losing ... pathophysiology #signs
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Cardiac-specific signs ... • Noncardiac signs ... cardiac-specific signs ... For noncardiac signs ... of monoclonal protein
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... neoplasm until proven ... Courvoisier #Terrier #Sign
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Non-specific Kernig Sign ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... Glucose, WBC, protein
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Signs of immunodeficiency ... signal transduction protein ... immunoglobulin proteins ... humoral immunity Signs
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
Hilum Overlay Sign ... the silhouette sign ... This was later proven ... Hilum #Overlay #Sign
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
be viral, not proven ... yrs old; F>M Signs ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and Signs ... • Medications: Proton ... , Malnutrition Signs ... Deficiency #diagnosis #signs