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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... Affects the skin and gastrointestinal ... ocular, articular, gastrointestinal ... Differential ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms
Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
• Genitourinary (Infection, Stone)
• Gastrointestinal (Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Diverticulitis,
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infection, Stone) • Gastrointestinal ... Diverticulitis, IBD ... Pelvic inflammatory disease
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... • Progressive symptoms ... involvement, abdominal pain ... ocular, articular, gastrointestinal
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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- Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Signs and symptoms ... microscopic colitis Differential ... Inflammatory (IBD ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Bowel Syndrome (IBS ... factors affecting symptom ... common: Food, Acute gastrointestinal ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... #gastroenterology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... pathergy test (this is ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... haploinsufficiency (HA20) • Gastrointestinal ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... Family history of IBD ... Chronic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... the following symptoms ... malignancies • Gastrointestinal ... reflux disease ... • Associated symptoms
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cryoglobulins (Vasculitic ... (Cold-induced symptoms ... agglutination After CAD Is ... younger pts) Differential ... chills, flank pain
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... malaise) - Muscle pain ... Inflammation and pain ... development of skin symptoms ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis