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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
and Workup Clinical ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... Infections: Syphilis ... Inflammatory diseases ... Nivolumab, GM-CSF
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Meniere's Disease ... Media • Temporal Bone ... /signs, bidirectional ... nystagmus - Infection
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
and Workup History ... procedures - Infection ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... candidate) - Bone ... #Causes #Workup
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
• CNS symptoms ... thin smear • Signs ... node biopsy • Clinical ... Bone marrow biopsy ... #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... • Caused by immune ... and not direct infection ... due to increased CSF ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... carcinomatosis, HF ... of underlying disease ... perforation), gram stain ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... Diagnosis was made ... neurotoxic • Symptoms ... • Dec NAA, inc Cho ... #Diagnosis #MRI
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... structural heart disease ... or signs of heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... coronary artery disease