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Jorge Cortés
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Sep 1, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
☠ #LeadPoisoning

👉Abdominal pain, microcytic anemia, basophilic stippling, polyneuropathy, encephalopathy, seizures

💧 Basophilic stippling: Basophilic granules of RNA seen in RBC; arsenic poisoning, sideroblastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, thalassemia, others ⚠️Diagnosis: blood lead level (BLL) , basophilic stippling, microcytic-hypochromic anemia, patient's exposure history

⛔Exposure: Ayurvedic therapies, herbal supplements, glazed ceramic cookware, lead-contaminated opium (majority of illicit opium comes from Afghanistan)
Aug 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#CushingSyndrome Hypercortisolism

General framework from Frameworks for Internal Medicine @AndreMansoor. Additional info from @UpToDate, @TheLancet, European Society of Endocrinology. @grepmeded @RosenelliEM
Jul 23, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
ANCA/ANA positive associated diseases Image 🔹ANCA

@UpToDate : Testing for the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) is useful to help diagnose ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Other considerations:
🔸ANCA-associated drug-induced vasculitis
🔸 ANCA-associated nonvasculitic disorders Image