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Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Hair loss • Fever ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... • Clinical features ... - Pel-Ebstein fever ... translocation • Types: Classification ... #oncology #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #comparison
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... without other cause ... : 33% • Treatment ... : No • Treatment ... #diagnosis #comparison
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... #differential #causes
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
) ▪ Malaise, fever ... resembling rashes caused ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
With treatment, ... structural heart disease ... in patients who never ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Stages #Classes
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
early localized disease ... called "Bazin's disease ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #differential #diagnosis ... #dermatology #compared
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
LBRF can be diagnosed ... can be used for diagnosis ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... : fever +++, hepatosplenomegaly ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Treatment: •