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🖊 Osteosarcoma

🔹 Typically presents with pain and soft-tissue swelling without systemic symptoms
🔹 Codman triangle: periosteum is pushed away from the bone
🔹 Sunburst pattern: radiating bone fibers/spicules form in the periosteum due to aggressive new bone formation
🖊Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome)
🔹 Typically presents 3 - 7 days after surgery in men aged > 60 years

Versus postoperative ileus:
🔹 Usually causes dilation of both the large and small bowel
🔹 Typically develops before the return of bowel function
🖊 Progression of Hematogenous Osteomyelitis
A 28-year-old man presents with flank pain and intermittent hematuria. Ultrasound shows bilateral enlarged kidneys with multiple cysts. His father also had kidney problems and died of renal failure at age 55. Most accurate regarding this condition?
Anonymous Quiz
11%
It is usually recessive and presents in infancy
9%
Cysts are typically confined to the medulla
79%
It is an autosomal dominant disorder presenting in young adults
1%
It is rarely associated with hypertension
1%
Liver involvement is uncommon
🖊 Contact Dermatitis
🖊 Acute interstitial nephritis affects the interstitium and the renal tubules. (aka tubulointerstitial nephritis)
🖊 Treatment of Pyelonephritis
🖊 Consequences of Renal Failure
🖊 Indications for Urgent Dialysis (AEIOU)
A 32-year-old woman presents with recurrent vaginal candidiasis that is refractory to standard antifungal therapy. Which underlying condition should be evaluated first, and what test should be done?
Anonymous Quiz
5%
Iron deficiency anemia with CBC
45%
Diabetes mellitus with fasting blood glucose or HbA1c
39%
HIV infection by rapid HIV test
2%
Hypothyroidism with TSH measurement
9%
Immunoglobulin deficiency with serum Ig levels