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#NeuromuscularQandA! Questions you always wanted to ask your friendly #neuromuscular doc. RT. #neurology #medtwitter #MedEd #medstudent #neurologyresident Short answers only. Join me in discussing/learning/educating with #passion and #humor @WNGtweets @somedocs @MedTweetorials
Q: Cor blimey doc. You can tell what sort of vitamin deficiency neuropathy the patient has by looking at the blood? #twilight #bella #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #MedEd @AaronLBerkowitz @MadSattinJ @Tracey1milligan @WNGtweets @NinaRiggins @RachelSalasMD @AlexMuccilli
A: Elementary, my dear Watson. #megaloblastic anemia - think B12 and Folate deficiency. #leukopenia - think copper deficiency. Throw in normocytic anemia - think #dysautonomia and small fiber neuropathy. Treat these and we treat #2birdswithonestone. Sherlock, out. @dysclinic
1/ A 46-year-old man with a history of #malaria presented to the @JohnsHopkinsDOM on 8/12/1923 with
-- 3 years of generalized arthralgia
-- intermittent joint swelling
-- 40 lbs weight loss
@CPSolvers @DxRxEdu #medtwitter #MedEd
-- 3 years of generalized arthralgia
-- intermittent joint swelling
-- 40 lbs weight loss
@CPSolvers @DxRxEdu #medtwitter #MedEd
2/ Exam
-- synovitis of the 2nd and 3rd MCPs
-- diffuse joint tenderness
-- lymphadenopathy
-- pyorrhea alveolaris* of the few remaining teeth.
What do you want to do next? What's your #DDX?
Remember: Sir William Osler died in 1919, so it's all you...
-- synovitis of the 2nd and 3rd MCPs
-- diffuse joint tenderness
-- lymphadenopathy
-- pyorrhea alveolaris* of the few remaining teeth.
What do you want to do next? What's your #DDX?
Remember: Sir William Osler died in 1919, so it's all you...
So far, we have #tuberculosis on the differential. “Consumption” or “#phthisis”, wasting away, as #Tb was often referred to, certainly could explain this patients weight loss and adenopathy.
But does it explain the rest?
But does it explain the rest?
