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Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Generalized Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic and Primary Causes ... / Systemic == Blood ... #generalized #dermatology ... #Algorithm #causes
Janeway Lesions in Endocarditis seen on Physical Exam 

Dr Supradip Ghosh
@dr_supradip

36 year old male with history
Blood cultures growing ... could have been diagnosed ... with persistent fever ... #dermatology #soles ... #skin
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
DERMATOMYOSITIS Cutaneous ... ulcerations • Skin ... onset [33-74%] • Blood ... #rheumatology #dermatology ... #diagnosis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Most common extra cutaneous ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... neutrophils in the blood ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #dermatology #oncology
Pigmented Purpuric Dermatoses (PPD) - Capillaritis

Group of chronic, benign, cutaneous eruptions characterized by the presence of
chronic, benign, cutaneous ... which allow red blood ... - This iron causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #dermatology
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
rapidly fatal • Causes ... Identify underlying cause ... loss from the skin ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum • A chronic skin ... : infections (cutaneous ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #differential #diagnosis ... #dermatology #compared
Primary Dermatological Lesions
Primary lesions are physical changes in the skin considered to be caused directly by
considered to be caused ... scabitic mite or by cutaneous ... dilatation of small cutaneous ... nettle sting #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #Skin
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
of high parity blood ... without other cause ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Major blood ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... have positive blood ... #Management #Infections