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Thyroid Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypothyroidism:
 • Hasimoto’s
 • Radioactive Iodine 
 • Hypopituitarism
 • Iodine
Thyroid Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Hypothyroidism ... Hypopituitarism • Iodine Deficiency ... Subclinical Hyperthyroidism ... : • Graves
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
• Myasthenia gravis ... Myophosphorylase deficiency ... - Carnitine deficiency ... - Hypo- or hyperthyroidism ... mimics #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... , Myasthenia Gravis ... : Acid maltase deficiency ... Weakness #Causes #differential
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue - Differential ... Endocrine • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... Chronic #Fatigue #Differential
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... • Prader-Willi ... Disease • GH Deficiency ... • IGF-I Deficiency ... Dwarfism) • Hypothyroidism
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... DIC, HELLP - Grafts ... Drug-associated, PCH, Evans Syndrome ... Peripheral Blood Smear ... #Hemolysis #Differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... - Differential ... rice/processed grains ... Lactation - Hyperthyroidism ... Manifestations #Differential
Laboratory Evaluation of Patients for Thyroid Disease 
Hyperthyroidism:
 • Graves disease - TSH low; free T4
Thyroid Disease Hyperthyroidism ... : • Graves disease ... iodine uptake Hypothyroidism ... Euthyroid sick syndrome ... #hyperthyroid #differential
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... endocrine: Vitamin B12 deficiency ... Postsynaptic: Myasthenia Gravis ... #Weakness #Differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... or folic acid deficiency ... treatments • Copper deficiency ... blood count with differential ... Peripheral blood smear