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Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
Fractional excretion of Cl ... > 0.5% Clinical ... autosomal dominant kidney ... diagnosis of echogenic kidneys ... #nephrology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Epidemiology: -10% of all ... to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... myalgia, serositis, Kidney ... Lupusreference #druginduced ... comparison #table #rheumatology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) Clinical ... Crisis: 1) Acute kidney ... rule out other pathology ... #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... myalgia, serositis, Kidney ... • Immunologic Workup ... Lupusreference #DrugInduced ... #Lupus #DIL #rheumatology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... hypercalcemia, or kidney ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology