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Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Restraint - Shows excessive restraint in intimate
Personality Disorder (AVPD ... Mnemonic: CRINGES ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... Criteria #Signs #Symptoms ... #Mnemonic #CRINGES
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... palpation - Vasculitic ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Vasculitis
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO): Pathogenesis and clinical findings

#CentralRetinalVein #Occlusion #CRVO #pathophysiology #ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs #symptoms
pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Complications Signs/Symptoms ... Stroke or TIA-like symptoms ... Complications #Signs #Symptoms ... #diagnosis #Vasculitis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
the pancreas, Vasculitis ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Work & lnterpersonal:
 • Home Life Troubles - Conflict
Personality Disorder (ASPD ... Mnemonic: CORRUPT ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... Criteria #Signs #Symptoms ... #Mnemonic #CORRUPT
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... #HSP #IgA #Vasculitis ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
severe dissociative symptoms ... experienced BPD Mnemonic ... the above with symptoms ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Mnemonic #AMSUICIDE
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
Retinoblastoma Signs / Symptoms ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Vasculitis