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Acute Otitis Media: Complications
Infection and inflammation of the middle ear
 - Prolonged obstruction of e. tube
Acute Otitis Media ... Infection and inflammation ... #OtitisMedia #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
Acute Otitis Media ... bacterial. => Inflammation ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs #peds #pediatrics
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Acute onset of skin ... in the acute phase ... / Complications ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology ... #immunology #diagnosis
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
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Acute Rheumatic ... Tissue injury and inflammation ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... /Complications: ... • Gonadal hypoplasia ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology ... #peds #pediatrics
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
congenital adrenal hyperplasia ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... #21HydroxylaseDeficiency #21OHD #pathophysiology ... endocrinology #peds
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ... FGF-related proteins) Inflammation ... Hydronephrosis, Acute ... Benign #Prostatic #Hyperplasia ... #Prostate #Pathophysiology
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
/ Complications ... Polyp secondary to inflammation ... • Acute otitis ... Cholesteatoma #MiddleEar #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
• Cardiac - Inflammation ... acute phase reactant ... Manifestations #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms