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Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Autoimmune disorder resulting in a vasculitis which causes slowly progressive 
ulceration of the skin.
Pyoderma Gangrenosum ... vasculitis which causes ... progressive ulceration ... #Dermatology #SkinRash ... #Pyoderma #Gangrenosum
Head and Neck Skin Ulcers - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplastic:
 • Squamous cell carcinoma
 • Basal cell
: • Pyoderma gangrenosum ... #Neck #Ulcers #ulcerative ... #skinrash #dermatology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Skin Ulcers of the Lower Legs / Feet - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
• Pressure
• Trauma
• Radiation
Vascular:
• Arterial
Legs / Feet - Differential ... Metabolic: • Pyoderma gangrenosum ... #Feet #Ulcers #ulcerative ... #skinrash #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
by Etiology - Differential ... : • Pyoderma gangrenosum ... Cryptococcosis #Ulcers #ulcerative ... #skinrash #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Ulcerative Blastomycosis ... sharp borders) & ulcerative ... heaped up borders); differential ... cell ca, pyoderma gangrenosum ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... Lofgren's syndrome Ulcerative ... #Differential # ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Genital Skin Ulcers - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful:
 • Herpes simplex
 • Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)
 • Behcet's
Skin Ulcers - Differential ... genitals #Ulcers #ulcerative ... #skinrash #dermatology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Erythema Nodosum - Causes and Differential Diagnosis 
Appearance:  erythematous painful lumps usually 1-6 cm in
Erythema Nodosum - Causes ... and Differential ... thighs RARELY ulcerate ... #Differential Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
more): Genital ulceration ... thrombophlebitis, pyoderma gangrenosum ... lesions, pyoderma gangrenosum ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Crohn disease, ulcerative
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess - Differential ... antibiotics as a cause ... disease, pyoderma gangrenosum ... Negative #Abscess #Differential