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Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
and Primary Causes ... Cholestatic liver disease ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... Psychiatric Disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Autoimmune disorder resulting in a vasculitis which causes slowly progressive 
ulceration of the skin.
vasculitis which causes ... a number of systemic ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... : • Systemic steroids ... : • Systemic steroids ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #pharmacology #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
likely it will be clinically ... • Homogeneous: Systemic ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... Arthritis, Sjögren Syndrome ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome ... ) • Rheumatic Diseases ... : IgG4-Related Disease ... Arthritis (RA), Systemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Signs (DRESS Syndrome): Formerly known as drug hypersensitivity reaction, DRESS
represents
Eosinophilia and Systemic ... Signs (DRESS Syndrome ... medication (in this case ... #Dermatology #SkinRash ... #DRESS #Syndrome
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Signs (DRESS Syndrome): Formerly known as drug hypersensitivity reaction, DRESS
represents
Eosinophilia and Systemic ... Signs (DRESS Syndrome ... medication (in this case ... #Dermatology #SkinRash ... #DRESS #Syndrome
Causes of Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis
Bugs:
 - Fungus (aspergillosis)
 - Viral (HIV)
 - Ectoparasites (scabies, myiasis)
Causes of Eosinophilia ... Rhinitis - Allergic Dermatitis ... Lymphomas - Systemic ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... #hematology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis ... : Schamberg Disease ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... #rheumatology #
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
antibodies) • Systemic ... drug-induced SLE) • Systemic ... • Sjögren syndrome ... antibodies #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #diseases