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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cryoglobulins (Vasculitic ... nose, ears, or fingers ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
Dermatologic Manifestations ... Maculopapular rash ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Dermatologic ... #rash #diagnosis
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Zoster, Coxsackie (hand ... gonorrhea, Rickettsial diseases ... Sweet syndrome, Vasculitis ... #dermatology
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
stages of this disease ... Skin rash and malaise ... The signs and symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... mucositis - Rash ... episcleritis as well as inner ... Differential Diagnosis ... purpura: strong sign
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
diseases secondary ... disseminated gonococcal disease ... petechial or purpuric rash ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... Purpural #Purpuric #Rash
Physical exam teaching on clubbing and Schamroth’s sign: Clubbing is the proliferation of connective tissue between
underlying respiratory disease ... obliteration in clubbed fingers ... when opposite fingers ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis #Schamroths
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infection - Vasculitis ... for hepatitis B and ... Algorithm #Causes #dermatology ... #physicalexam
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
the Nikolsky sign ... includes Kawasaki disease ... erythematous rash ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... #Erythematous #Rash
Vancomycin induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis (LCV) of the Hand
70 M vertebral osteomyelitis on vancomycin and cefepime for
(LCV) of the Hand ... diffuse palpable rash ... Diagnosis? ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo