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Tinea Capitis in a Newborn- A 3-week-old male newborn was brought to the pediatrician with three
Tinea Capitis in ... Tinea capitis, a ... commonly known as ringworm ... #NEJM #tinea #capitis ... #ringworm #derm
Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithms
 - Adult outpatients with moderate to severely active ulcerative colitis
Severe Ulcerative Colitis ... active ulcerative colitis ... severe ulcerative colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #UC #Management
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Persistent UC Symptoms ... correlates w active UC ... Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #UC #Persistent
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
response to a fungal ringworm ... Management #Features #Ringworm
Mayo UC Endoscopic Classification
 • Score = 0 (normal or inactive disease) - Normal vascular pattern
Mayo UC Endoscopic ... ulcerations #Mayo #UC ... Classification #ulcerative #colitis
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Inflammatory: Ischemic colitis ... , Infectious colitis ... , UC/Chrons (IBD
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
bowel disease: UC ... pseudomembranous colitis
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Severe Ulcerative Colitis ... surgery: Fulminant UC ... Relapsing #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #UC #Management
Ulcerative Colitis - Endoscopic Assessment of Disease Activity
UCEIS Score 0, Mayo Score 0 - Normal
UCEIS Score
Ulcerative Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #UC #Endoscopy
Causes of Terminal Ileitis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infectious: Yersinia spp., Salmonella spp., C.diff, Neutropenic colitis,
C.diff, Neutropenic colitis ... Digoxin • Other: UC