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Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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- Rheumatoid arthritis ... - Toxic gas Vasculitides ... - Giant cell ... arteritis Infectious ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
large vessels - Arteritis ... temporalis (giant-cell ... arteritis) - ... Takayasu arteritis ... Churg-Strauss syndrome
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
optic neuritis - Giant ... Lyme disease, Vasculitis ... Scalp tenderness - Giant ... , Marfan syndrome ... peripheral pulses - Giant
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
) Arteritis: Pathogenesis ... palpation - Vasculitic ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Non-Infectious Aortitis: • Vasculitides ... : Giant Cell Arteritis ... GCA), Takayasu's arteritis ... , Cogan's Syndrome ... ANCA associated vasculitis
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
, Salmonella), Giant ... Cell Arteritis, ... , Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Asymmetric pulse/BP Giant ... cell arteritis: ... multiplex ANCA vasculitis ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... , small-vessel vasculitis ... panuveitis, retinal vasculitis ... MCC-small vessel vasculitis ... spondyloarthritis • Ocular: Giant
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
and CRP GCA (Giant ... Multinucleated giant ... Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome ... • Behcet syndrome ... • Cogan syndrome
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis ... , Sjogren Syndrome ... Mediterranean Fever • Vasculitis ... Disease, Behcet Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology