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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
more): Genital ulceration ... vasculitis) • Cutaneous ... injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Nodular Skin Lesions in the Returning Traveler
Furuncular Myiasis:
 • Pathogens: Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia spp, Cuterebra spp
Nodular Skin Lesions ... Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... Features: Typically ulcerative ... #Traveler #dermatology ... #infections #differential
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
activity • Via cutaneous ... epiglottitis, or ulcerative ... Complications: • Cutaneous ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management ... #Dermatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... Strong sign of cutaneous ... , neurologic, and ... cognitive impairment, neurologic
Common Dermatological Conditions - Distribution and Morphology
 • Acne vulgaris - Face, upper back, chest -
soles, sides of fingers ... pruritus (e.g., fingers ... often showing ulceration ... ; pruritis #dermatology ... #rash #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
cavitating pneumonia, skin ... Virus - Genital ulceration ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by 24 hours or longer ... showing cortical lesions ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... with no primary lesions ... - differential ... especially in the winter ... #Nephrology #CKD