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Hypersplenism: criteria

"Hyper Splenism Ravages Cells":
Hypercellular or normal marrow
Splenomegaly
Response to splenectomy
Cytopenias
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---Dr. Harsh Sharma BJMC, Pune, India

Whipple's disease: full features

WHIPPLES:
Weight loss
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Infection with tropheryma whippelii
PAS positive granules in macrophage
Polyarthritis
Lymphadenopathy
Enteric involvement
Steatorrhea
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---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan

Pick's disease: features

PICK:
Progressive degeneration of neurons
Intracytoplasmic Pick bodies
Cortical atrophy
Knife edge gyri
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---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan

Alzheimer's disease (AD): associations, findings

AD:
· Associations:
Aluminum toxicity
Acetylcholine deficiencies
Amyloid B
Apolipoprotein gene E
Altered nucleus basalis of Meynert
Down's
· Findings:
Actin inclusions (Hirano bodies)
Atrophy of brain
Amyloid plaques
Aphasia, Apraxia, Agitation
DNA-coiled tangles
Dementia, Disoriented, Depressed
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---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi Medical College, Gujranwala, Pakistan

Osteomalacia: features

"Vit-D deficiency in ADULT":
Acetabuli protrusio
Decresed bone density
Under mineralization of osteoid
Looser's zone (pseudofracture)
Triradiate pelvis (females)
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---Dr. Harsh Sharma BJMC, Pune, India

Anemia (normocytic): causes

ABCD:
Acute blood loss
Bone marrow failure
Chronic disease
Destruction (hemolysis)
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---Anthony Chan

Phaeochromocytoma: diagnositc rule

· Rule of 10's:
10% ectopic
10% multiple
10% malignant
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---Anonymous Contributor University of Sydney, Australia

Hematuria: urethral causes

NUTS:
Neoplasm
Urethritis
Tumour
Stone
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---Sushant Varma University of Sheffield, UK

CREST sydrome: components

CREST:
Calcinosis
Raynaud's phenomena
Esophageal dysmotility
Sclerodactyly
Telangectasia
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---Andrew J. Vasil University of Minn Medical School

TTP: clinical features

Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia PARTNER together:
Platelet count low
Anemia (microangiopathic hemolytic)
Renal failure
Temperature rise
Neurological deficits
ER admission (as it is an emergency)
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---Anthony Chan