Diseases Week 4 Flashcards
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Chagas’ disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
Causative agent: Trypanosoma cruzi Vector: Triatomine Bug Symptoms: Romana sign (swelling of the child’s eyelid), Chagastic cardiomyopathy, megacolonic colon or esophagous, Acute: often asymptomatic Chronic disease: 20-40% of patients. *US transmission through blood supply or organ donations. Can reappear in chronic inderminate individuals if they become immuncompromised Treatment: Nifurtimox and Benznidazole (induce oxidative stress; requires type I nitroreductase to activate which is only in tyrpansosomes; very toxic)
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
Causative agent: nematode Wuchereria bancrofti. Vector: female mosquito Endemic areas: Asia, Africa, Western Pacific, Caribbean, and South America. (Number one cause of global disability) Symptoms: Adults in lymphatics, lymphedema, elephantiasis, hydrocele in men. Social shunning, Tests: blood smear taken at night, serological assay. Treatment: Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ; MDA has been effective. Lymphadema and elephantiasis are NOT indicaitons for DEC becasue most people w/ lymphadema are not actively infected.
- Cycling, rowing and other activities that require repetitive hip extension while seated may overwhelm the bursa’s ability to dissipate applied stress
Ischial bursitis aka weaver’s bottom
Causative agent - dengue virus and Chikungunya virus Symptoms- biphasic fever, pharyngitis, cough, arthralgias, generalized maculopapular rash but not on palms and soles, Transmission - mosquito borne. Not present outside tropics or in winter months Incubation - 3-8 days Management- prevent mosquitos, manage symptoms
Dengue fever
Casative agent: Orf virus Symptoms - Small pimple on hands with no other symptoms. History of sheep handling. transmission - zoonosis from sheep; especially in spring Management- duration is 30-40 days and resolves spontaneously with only symptomatic care; wearing of gloves.
Ecthyma contagiosum (Orf virus)
Glomus tumor and glomangioma
benign typically painful tumor showing differentiation to the modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body (AV structure involved in thermoreg) Most often in distal digits.
Limited hip extension during mid-stance, compensated for by hyperextension of trunk. Damage to inferior gluteal nerve and thus parlysis of gluteus maximus.
Gluteal lurch
- Paralyzed gluteus medius and minimus muscles as a result of injury to the superior gluteal nerve - Normal steadying effect of these muscles is lost so when the foot is raised on the normal side, the pelvis falls on that side. - Also caused by congenital dislocation of the hip or nonunion of a fracture of the femoral neck - Supporting mechanism fails & pelvis sinks when an attempt is made to stand on the affected limb
Gluteal limb. Trendelenburg’s sign
Echo virus
Causative agent: echovirus (enterovirus) Symptoms - flu-like process with mild fever, malaise, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and non-specific maculopapular rash of trunk. Transmission: fecal oral Incubation 3-6 days Diagnosis - clinical course, viral isolation from feces, serology Management - symptomatic meds, hygeine, care with diaper changing
Causative agent: nematode Wuchereria bancrofti. Vector: female mosquito Endemic areas: Asia, Africa, Western Pacific, Caribbean, and South America. (Number one cause of global disability) Symptoms: Adults in lymphatics, lymphedema, elephantiasis, hydrocele in men. Social shunning, Tests: blood smear taken at night, serological assay. Treatment: Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ; MDA has been effective. Lymphadema and elephantiasis are NOT indicaitons for DEC becasue most people w/ lymphadema are not actively infected.
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
Soft tissue characterized by myxoid change involving extracellular mucin accumulation w/ associated cellular proliferation. Most common is ganglion cyst (wrist most common). Ganglion adn digital mucus cysts are the most common mesenchymal lesion of the hand and wrist. history of trauma in 50%
Myxomatous lesions
Hyperthyroidism can cause muscle degeneration and necrosis w/ regeneration. Look for exopthalmic opthalmoplegia. Pts. also get muscle fiber atrophy w/ hypothyroidism.
Thyrotoxic myopathy
Toxoplasmosis
Causative agent: Toxoplasma gondii Vector: Cat via fecal oocysts via litter box or undercooked meat, or blood transfusion. Epidemiology: 25% of US population. Mostly asymptomatic, but flu-like symptoms are possible Symptoms: neurotropic parasite, intracellular encystment in host muscle and brain cells. Opportunistic: two populations are vulnerable - immunocompromised and pregnant. immunocomprimised - form cerebral abscesses, most common focal brain disorder in AIDS, fever, confusion, headache, seizures, nauseua, poor coordination. Occular toxoplasmosis: most common: red, painful, photophobic eye, “headlight in the fog” lesion with multiple surrounding healed chorioretinal scars in one eye. A fetus if the mother is first infected during that pregnancy: stillbirth or miscarriage, abnormal head size, may be normal at birth with later complications. The earlier in pregnancy the more severe the symptoms. Tests: serological testing is possible, but diagnosis requires some estimate of infx Treat: occular, immunocompromised, and pregnant women with Atovaquone, or sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine.
Causative agent: herpes varicella-zoster virus Symptoms - begin w/ general malaise, mild fever (101-102) and pruritic rash beginning centrally and expanding. Develops from from macule and papule to vesicle in 24 hrs. Drew drop on rose petal. Latent infx may insue (shingles/ herpes zoster). Reye syndrome w/ Aspirin Transmission - nasopharyngeal, skin lesion contact, easily air spread. Peaks in late winter and spring Incubation - 14-16 days communicability - 1-2 days before rash until 5 days after rash crusts diagnose by visual inspection and symptoms, serology management - strict isolation, avoid aspirin, avoid hospitilizaiton exposure to immunocomprimised. active immunization, VZIG to exposed susceptibles and immunocompromised. Oral acyclovir within 24 hrs.
Chicken Pox (varicella)
Causative agent: rubeola, paramyxovirus Symptoms: rhinitis, cough, conjunctivitis, discrete red rash, high fever. Oral lesions of Koplik spots on buccal mucosa. Total illness may last one week Transmission - np droplet, direct contact, peaks in winter and spring and in two to five year cycles Incubaiton - 8-12 days Management - active immunization, may use immune globulin in susceptibles. Isolation, symptomatic meds, vitamin A
Measles
Causative agent: Trypanosome brucei two subspecies: gambiense in West Africa and rhodesiense in East Africa Vector: Tsetse fly Symptoms: Differentiated from T. cruzi by dividing trypanosomes in blood First stage: possible chancre at site of bite, fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, muscle and joint aches, possibly rash or itchiness Second Stage CNS involvement, neurological symptoms include SOMNOLENCE (extreme sleepiness, esp. at inappropriate times), altered gait, tremors, cranial neuropathies, urinary incontinence. Time scale: gambiense -CNS involvement after 1-2 years, death usually in 3 if not treated rhodesiense: CNS involvement after a few weeks, death in a few months if not treated. Treatment: Suramin, pentamidine, eflornithine, MELASOPROL (only drug once in CNS and vs gambiense. Painful injection and side effects - 5-10% encepalopathy with one half dying.)
African Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomiasis)
Can be localized or diffuse. Localized - solitary slow growing painless mass of tendon sheaths of fingers and wrists. Most common mesenchymal neoplasm of hand. Diffuse - usually knee. rare
Tenosynovial giant cell tumor
Smallpox (Variola)
Causative agent: variola poxvirus Transmission: direct contact wit skin lesions and mucous membranes. Incubation: 12 days Management - strict isolation, active immunization, VIG within 24 hrs of contact
- Bruise or contusion of the iliac crest, usually in the anterior part - May also refer to contusions/avulsions of the greater trochanter, ASIS, AIIS or an avulsion of the muscles from the crest should be termed avulsion fractures
Hip pointer
Inclusion Body Myositis
Typically affects pts over 50. Most common inflammatory myopathy in pts over 65. Often begins w. distal muscles in contrast to dermatomyositis and polymyositis. May be asymetric. Unknown pathogenesis. Modest CK increase. No benefit of immunosuppressives.
agressive malignant sarcomas showing endothelial differentiation.
Angiosarcoma
- Athletes and women are more likely to develop - Trauma in buttock is associated w/ hypertrophy & spasm of the piriformis compresses sciatic nerve (50% of cases) - Common fibular division splits & goes through piriformis where it is compressed (12% of cases)
Pyriformis syndrome
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Group of mainly autosomal recessive motor neuron diseases that present in childhood or adolescence. Most forms are associated with mutations affecting survival moror neuron 1 (smn1) - patients expereince loss of motor neurons leading to muscle atrophy and weakness. Most common SMA is Werdnig-Hoffmann disease
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP)
Intermediate malignancy prone to local recurrences. tumor of skin containing cellular elements that resemble both fibroblasts and histiocytes (tissue macrophages).