Provides a concise source of information on the diseases that crop up in the MRCP Part II written exam. This book features a structured format and includes information which is in a form relevant to answering MRCP questions. It includes sample questions illustrating how certain grey cases point towards specific diagnoses.

This book is for all MRCP candidates (mostly in the UK, but it will be of use to final year clinical medical students elsewhere).

Pulmonary Eisenmenger syndrome Infective endocarditis Rheumatic fever Ebsteins anomaly Atrial septal defects Cardiac myxomas
Respiratory Sarcoidosis Cystic fibrosis Bronchial carcinoma Legionella pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumonia Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency Extrinsic allergic alveolitis Obstructive sleep apnoea (Pickwickian syndrome) Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Gastric Primary biliary cirrhosis Autoimmune hepatitis Hereditary haemochromatosis Wilsons disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) Ulcerative colitis Crohns disease Budd-Chiari syndrome Coeliac disease Whipples disease Chronic pancreatitis
Renal Haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombocytopenic purpura Renal transplant failure Amyloidosis Renal cell carcinoma Renal tubular acidosis Bartters syndrome and related disorders Goodpastures syndrome
Rheumatology Systemic lupus erythematosus Rheumatoid arthritis Systemic sclerosis Wegeners granulomatosis Polyarteritis nodosa Adult onset Stills disease Pagets disease of bone Behcets disease Relapsing polychondritis Polymyositis and dermatomyositis Familial mediterranean fever Churg-Strauss syndrome Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) and polymyalgia rheumatica
Endocrine Cushings syndrome Acromegaly Acute intermittent porphyria Addisons disease Hypoparathyroidism Multiple endocrine neoplasia Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes Hypopituitarism Osteomalacia Hyperparathyroidism Carcinoid syndrome
Neurology Subdural haematoma Neurofibromatosis Benign intracranial hypertension Myasthena gravis Multiple sclerosis Myotonic dystrophy Friedrichs ataxia Guillain-Barre syndrome Normal pressure hydrocephalus Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)
Infectious Syphilis Brucellosis Typhoid fever Tuberculosis HIV infection Gonorrhoea Lyme disease Malaria Toxic shock syndrome Leptospirosis (Weils disease) Botulism
Haematology Hypogammaglobulinaemia Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria Vitamin B<
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12 deficiency Myelodysplasia Sickle cell disease Mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia Thalassaemias Antiphosholipid syndrome (Hughes syndrome) Lymphoma Leukaemias Multiple myeloma Waldenstroms macroglobulinaemia
Miscellaneous Tricyclic antidepressant overdose Lead poisoning Digoxin toxicity Pregnancy Ethylene glycol poisoning Ecstacy ingestion Pre-eclampsia Carbon monoxide poisoning Phenytoin toxicity Lithium toxicity
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