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Lupus Nephritis Primer
Class I - Minimal Mesangial
Class II - Mesangial Proliferative
Class Ill - Focal Proliferative
Class IV
Proliferative Class Ill ... MD @MithuRheu and ... Nephritis #SLE #Classification ... #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Disorders • CN Ill ... Fasciculus (MLF) Iniury ... • One-and-a-half ... Skew Deviation Casey ... #differential #diagnosis
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Erb's Palsy is caused ... spared in this injury ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Bursitis • IBD ... • Iliotibial band ... Trauma • Crush injury ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
females Differential Diagnosis ... : • CN Ill Palsy ... dissociation • Other causes ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
of the lung to injury ... indicates unknown cause ... and interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
A 50-year-old ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... the critically ill ... liver or renal injury ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury ... #typeb #classification
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
This 28 year old ... fasciculus), which causes ... The most common causes ... the hospital, diagnosed ... Half #Syndrome #PhysicalExam
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... - Pleocytosis: Mild ... Oligoclonal IgG bands ... • Infectious causes ... #management #neurology