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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... #Differential #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 ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... important, as early diagnosis ... Inflammatory causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... clue • Blood tests ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
symptoms/signs ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... No auditory symptoms ... Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... (Clinical Dx). ... is a skin prick test ... #signs #symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... intervertebral disc disease ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... elbow flexion test ... #Diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... K), H. pylori test ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... thyroid function test