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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... abdominal pain ... genitourinary causes RUQ ... portal vein thrombosis ... aortic aneurysms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
weight • Chest pain ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... Laboratory: • ANA ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
coronary artery aneurysms ... Recurrent and chronic ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids ... #management #signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... - GI tract: abdominal ... purpura: strong sign ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... PCR + 20-90%, normal ... (→ventricular aneurysm ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... pain • HTN • ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... gut involvement, abdominal ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms