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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations Risk Factors: - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Giant Cell (Temporal ... ) Arteritis: Pathogenesis ... yrs old; F>M Signs ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications Signs/Symptoms: - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
) Arteritis: Clinical ... Complications Signs ... #Arteritis #Complications ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #diagnosis #Vasculitis
Giant Cell Arteritis (Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Cranial Arteritis): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings - Morning Stiffness (>1
Anemia of Chronic Disease ... Weight Loss #Temporal ... Pathophysiology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #Vasculitis
Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
- Acute CPPD ... polyarticular arthritis ... #Disease #Signs ... #Symptoms #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following: • Conjunctivitis • Polymorphous
Kawasaki Disease ... Clinical Findings Diagnostic ... hands & feet Signs ... : - Coronary Arteritis ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
visual acuity • Bitemporal ... Cardiovascular disease ... Overproduction #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations Skin: • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... blood vessels (vasculitis ... interstitial lung disease ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... Pathogenesis and Joint diseases ... • Non-specific Acute-phase ... Extra-articular signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Takayasu’s Arteritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings - Fatigue, weight loss, low grade fever, arthralgias - Incr
Takayasu’s Arteritis ... , Incr risk of Acute ... #Takayasus #Arteritis ... #Vasculitis #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Avascular Necrosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Physical Trauma (esp. to the scaphoid bone with damage
blood supply & the femoral ... - Sickle-cell disease ... affected) - Acute ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
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