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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... genitourinary causes RUQ ... portal vein thrombosis ... aortic aneurysms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... - GI tract: abdominal ... - Recurrent oral ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Recurrent and chronic ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... strength & enzymes normal ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... gut involvement, abdominal ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms