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1. Acute pyelonephritis:
Would have fever, flank pain, costovertebral angle tenderness, ± vomiting.
2. Urethritis:
More associated with urethral discharge and STI history.
3. Renal calculi.
Causes colicky flank pain, hematuria, not urgency/frequency.
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Classic lower urinary tract infection (UTI) picture:
1. Dysuria (burning)
2. Frequency
3. Urgency
4. Suprapubic pain
All point to bladder inflammation = cystitis.
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“CYSTitis = CITY bladder”
C= Can’t hold urine
I= Irritated bladder
T= Tiny frequent voids
Y= Yow! suprapubic pain
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17. Patient presents with dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency, and suprapubic pain.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
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16. Which condition is characterized "currant jelly" stools in children ?
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1. Sudden inability to void
2. Painful lower abdominal distension
3. Feeling of bladder fullness
This is classic features of acute urinary retention
most commonly cause is benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in elderly men.
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15. A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden inability to pass urine. He reports lower abdominal discomfort and a feeling of bladder fullness.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
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“PHEO = PRESSURE HITS HARD”
Pressure ↑ (hypertension)
Headache
Episodic sweating
Out-of-control palpitations
Or the classic one:
“The 3 H’s”
Headache
Hyperhidrosis
Heart racing
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Classic triad (HIGH-YIELD)
Headache – Sweating – Palpitations
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Episodic headache, sweating, palpitations with hypertension = pheochromocytoma until proven otherwise
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10% Rule for Pheochromocytomas/Paragangliomas
Inaccurate but still a helpful memory tool:
10% are paragangliomas (ie, extra-renal).
10% are bilateral.
10% are malignant.
10% present in children.
10% are NOT associated with hypertension
10% contain calcification
30% are familial (ie, genetic).
Genetic diseases include:
1. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type II (MEN II)
2. Von Hippel-Lindau disease
3. Neurofibromatosis type I
4. Tuberous sclerosis
5. Sturge-Weber syndrome
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14. Which of the following does NOT typically occur in pheochromocytoma?
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