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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?
