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A 56-year-old patient presents with polycythemia. He is found to have low oxygen saturation, increased red blood cells mass, normal plasma volume and increased erythropoietin levels. Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
1) polycythemia rubra vera
2) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
3) stress polycythemia
4) renal adenocarcinoma
5) congenital spherocytosis
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| mesh
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COPD
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copd
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| yasmeen
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copd its secondary polycythemia due t hypoxia
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COPD
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COPD
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copd
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ok agreed
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56 y/o with puritis after shower and increased RBC cell mass= PCRV
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AGREED sTAMPED
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| srf
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increased erythropoietin levels rules out PCRV. IT is always low.
Harrison 13 th edition page 1760
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26 year-old woman, healthy on no medication presented with puritis?
Why is the diagnosis?
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Cholestasis?
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| AAAAA
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Yes, 30 year old woman with puritis ---> colestatic puritis---->probably due to primary biliary cirrohosis
You are right on !
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WHAT ABOUT SCABES
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SCABIES JUST KIDDIN
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No you brought an excellent point
The exam will ask you about scabies but................
A man or woman presents with puritis but the children also had puritis last week.
Scabies question concentrates on the transmission of the disease in close contact like family.
PBC Primary biliary cirrohosis is just one example of young 30 year old woman with puritis indicating by elevated alkaline phosphatase and pssible normal liver function test
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