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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... presentation) • Cutaneous ... Immunoglobulin M (IgM) • Blood ... sensitize red blood ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Pigmented Purpuric Dermatoses (PPD) - Capillaritis

Group of chronic, benign, cutaneous eruptions characterized by the presence of
chronic, benign, cutaneous ... which allow red blood ... - This iron causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #dermatology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... Rarely dominate the clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... vasculitis (inflamed blood ... #rash #diagnosis
Primary Dermatological Lesions
Primary lesions are physical changes in the skin considered to be caused directly by
considered to be caused ... scabitic mite or by cutaneous ... dilatation of small cutaneous ... nettle sting #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #Skin
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... - Purpura - Skin ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... Henoch-Schönlein purpura) • Cutaneous
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Extremes of age ... cryoglobulins • Skin ... #dermatology #physicalexam
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
arterial thrombosis, skin ... SICU > MICU, ♀, ↑Age ... : • Clinical Suspicion ... exposure (prevent skin ... Can consider re-challenge
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
DERMATOMYOSITIS Cutaneous ... auricular papules Clinical ... onset [33-74%] • Blood ... #rheumatology #dermatology ... #diagnosis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Most common extra cutaneous ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... neutrophils in the blood ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #dermatology #oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... violaceous, nontender cutaneous ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis