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Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Capitis - Skin ... Disease: Discoid lupus ... , Loose anagen syndrome
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
pulmonary infection ... Primary skin and ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... - Purpura - Skin ... Cause Organ Damage ... : • Clinical triad ... (e.g. systemic lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Focal) Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Loose anagen syndrome ... - Secondary to Skin ... #causes
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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lymphomas, metastases, skin ... disorders - Dermatomyositis ... arthritis, Sjögren syndrome ... disease, systemic lupus ... sarcoidosis Iatrogenic causes
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Cause Many Illnesses ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #Infections #differential
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
febrile neutrophilic dermatosis ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... multiforme - Dermatomyositis ... - Lupus - Leukemia ... cutis Diagnosis
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... Blooms (HABs) Skin ... is biphasic • Clinical
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... causes arthritis ... such as systemic lupus ... to exclude are infections ... Serologies for Cryoglobulins
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... Still disease, dermatomyositis ... fibromyalgia) • Infections