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Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
heaped up borders); differential ... : basal cell ca, ... squamous cell ca ... University Infectious Diseases ... #dermatology #clinical
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
lymphocytes/Mature B cell ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
nasal droplets ... cytoplasm, plasma cells ... and numerous AFB Treatment ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin ... fraction < 20% Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... Rarely dominate the clinical ... joints • Oral and nasal ... reticularis Differential ... syndrome • Giant cell
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
injury) • Neurologic ... spinal cord, and basal ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... Treatment is doxycycline ... for disease involving ... skin, joints, or ... Bell palsy; ceftriaxone
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
& inflammatory cells ... ) Clinical: ... • Disease fatal ... exertion • Neurologic ... neuropathies • Skin
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
HPV, EBV), Renal cell ... , Busulfan • Disease ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... impairment), heart disease ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... diagnosis cluster, the diseases ... #Algorithm #differential