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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Endocarditis, Rheumatic Fever ... Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Spondylitis, Takayasu Arteritis ... , Takayasu Arteritis ... , Psoriatic Arthritis
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Clinical History: - Fever ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... diseases: Giant cell arteritis ... , Takayasu arteritis ... Diagnosis #Workup #Differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Origin (FUO) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Giant cell arteritis ... #causes
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... , fever, myalgia ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of giant cell arteritis ... Is visual loss caused ... the optic nerve caused ... Doppler US : halo sign ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
to Joint Pain - Arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis #
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
process Temporal arteritis ... the following symptoms ... , weight loss, fever ... Cervical spine arthritis ... Cricoarytenoid arthritis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis ... mucositis • Rash, arthritis ... arthritis. ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis