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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... nephropathy • LC deposition ... disease (LCDD) ... malignancies Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Treated Like Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification ... #pathophysiology ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
arthritides Crystal Deposition ... Arthritis: • Acute ... ochronosis and crystal deposition ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
orbital pain, (Sub)acute ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... - Typical MS-like ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... states Pathophysiology ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Monosodium urate deposition ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
malignancy (Especially acute ... protein C and S Pathophysiology ... • Severe Liver Disease ... + Bleeding Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #treatment
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Monosodium urate deposition ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... cortical bone Treatment ... gout treatment; ... #rheumatology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pyrophosphate Deposition ... Pathophysiology ... Pseudogout: Treatment ... Pyrophosphate #Deposition ... #Disease #Rheumatology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
syndromes current treatment ... cytopenias, and clonal instability ... clonal evolution to acute ... influence outcomes and treatment ... #algorithm #hematology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... to 12 weeks for acute ... extrapulmonary disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology