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Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vasculitis Secondary: CTD ... : SLE, RA related ... Vasculitis: • Behcet Disease ... • Cogan syndrome
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... disorders • Celiac disease ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... effect following treatment
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... violaceous, nontender cutaneous ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
- Malignancy: Leukemia ... cutis, Cutaneous ... Dermatoses: Sweet Syndrome ... Gangrenosum, NEH T - Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
vasculitis) • Cutaneous ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... • Arthritis: SLE ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
Cutaneous manifestations ... appearing during the disease ... dermatomyositis, SLE ... #differential #diagnosis ... #dermatology #oncology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... involve PNS and CNS ... vein thrombosis Hematologic ... Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Treatment: • ... #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... Erythematosus #SLE ... #rheumatology #
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... (SLE) - Viral ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... Associated - SLE