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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical ... findings and Complications ... Signs/Symptoms ... Hemorrhages #GiantCell ... #diagnosis #Vasculitis
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following:
 • Conjunctivitis
 • Polymorphous
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical ... involvement • Edema/erythema ... /Symptoms/Complications ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Vasculitis
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Arthralgia • Erythema ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Testicular pain, erythema ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... and ophthalmic complications ... Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... #GiantCell #arteritis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Diagnostic Criteria ... • Bilateral signs ... - Sjogren - Vasculitis