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* Sarcidosis and Tb
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  ndndr - 09/06/10 15:36
 
 
How do we differentiate sarcidosis from TB ?

one more

Tall T waves becomes inverted after few days can some one explain the reason ?

because in wiki it says Tall T waves and U waves means cardiac ischemia


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* Re:Sarcidosis and Tb
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  csfirst - 09/06/10 16:09
 
  I think (other than risk factors and clinical presentation of weight loss and night sweat, ..., and acid fast , etc) the main clue in the question stem is caseous granuloma which indicates TB otherwise whenever the question says bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and non-caseous granuloma it means sarcoidosis.

About T wave, I'm not very sure. But I know, for the sake of USMLE, tall T wave and U means Hyperkalemia. Also tall T wave happens in hyperacute ischemia which changes to T inversion shortly.


 
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