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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... hernia • Rib ... #Causes #Differential
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pain Surgical ... - Inguinal hernia ... pain of childhood ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Common organ involvements and symptoms in Sarcoidosis
Lung 89-99% - Cough, dyspnoea, wheezing and stridor
Skin 16-32% -
16-32% - Lupus pernio ... Liver 12-20% - Abdominal ... pain and elevated ... pain Nervous system ... #diagnosis #signs
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
painAbdominal ... • Hernias - Past ... to incisional hernias ... #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Nausea/vomiting, Abdominal ... pain, Anorexia ... Urticaria, Vesicles, Pernio-like ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... General: fever, ... , cough, chest pain ... 16-32%): lupus pernio ... (2-5%), liver (pain
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Pain(<72 hours) ... - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... • Incarcerated hernia ... #Pain #Differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... pain • HTN • ... • Progressive symptoms ... gut involvement, abdominal ... pain and GN Anti-GBM
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... crackles, chest pain ... fentanyl mixed with heroin ... #diagnosis #NCPE