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Secondary Disseminated Syphilis

Case from my residency that @EstradaElJefe helped me publish in JGIM. One important finding
Case from my ... @EstradaElJefe helped ... important finding here ... #Dermatology #Clinical ... #Photo #SkinRash
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Drugs (antibiotics e.g ... Psittacosis, Bartonella, Syphilis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Genital Skin Ulcers - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful:
 • Herpes simplex
 • Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)
 • Behcet's
- Differential Diagnosis ... Painful: • Herpes ... Painless: • Primary syphilis ... Ulcers #ulcerative #skinrash ... #Algorithm #causes
Herpes Zoster: Herpes virus mediated infection that occurred in this patient receiving chemotherapy 
for an underlying
vessicles in this case ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology ... #SkinRash #Herpes
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Tabes dorsalis (syphilis ... Leishmaniasis - Viral - Herpes ... Ulcers #ulcerative #skinrash ... #Algorithm #causes
Syphilitic gummas in Tertiary syphilis
Tertiary syphilitic gummas may mimic basal cell carcinoma. The gummatous tumors are
gummas in Tertiary syphilis ... treated, in most cases ... person still has syphilis ... including the brain, nerves ... #clinical #photo
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Causes of Erythema ... - Viral: herpes ... Bartonella spp., syphilis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #AAFP
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Secondary Syphilis ... 30%) ▪ Moist, heaped ... resembling rashes caused ... #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
repolarization causes ... prolonged PR and QT ... 10.0 mEq/L, QRS merges ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia ... #EKG #ECG #Changes
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... cause unknown) ... Aminoglycosides, ASA, etc ... Meningitis ○ Syphilis ... #Differential #Diagnosis