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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... diagnosis #management #signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- GI tract: abdominal ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... retinopathy Lab Tests
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... and Late Clinical ... Large joints (knees ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... arthritis (especially knees ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... valve lesions Abdominal ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: Strong sign ... affects the skin, neurologic ... • Progressive symptoms ... gut involvement, abdominal
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... the “Chewing gum test ... GCA #Temporal #Signs
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical ... classically purple abdominal ... dexamethasone suppression test ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... - Sjogren - Vasculitis ... diagnosis #management #neurology