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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Arthralgias • Eye ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... Eye -> retinopathy
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... aortic aneurysm ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Pain #Differential
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... - Unilateral ... Disorder of the eyes ... headache • CNS Vasculitis ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Compartment Syndrome ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Inflammatory eye ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Weight loss (50%) Eye ... Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... Demyelinating syndromes ... Endocarditis, Aortic ... pain (20%) Renal
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Symptoms: Sudden • Unilateral ... detachment • Optic ... movement, retrobulbar pain ... Diagnosis #Ocular #ophthalmology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... : ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... compartment syndrome
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Arthralgias • Eye ... < 30 years • Aorta ... Arteritis): • Aorta ... pain • HTN •
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Blurry Vision - Differential ... • Sjögren’s syndrome ... pain (with or without ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology