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Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... hemorrhagic skin lesions ... mountain spotted fever ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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• Rheumatic fever ... Discoid skin lesions ... Sarcoidosis #dermatology ... #skin #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
Raised, boggy lesion ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Hair loss • Fever ... Griseofulvin #Kerion #Dermatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... - Pel-Ebstein fever ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #hematology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... (SLE) General: Fever ... Cranial nerve lesions ... , Aortic valve lesions ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... triad: Fever, Arthralgia ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Myositis and Myopathies
Polymyositis 
 • Progressive, symmetric muscle weakness 
 • Elevated CK, +Anti-Jo, +Anti-Mi2
Dermatomyositis
proximal joints, Fever ... Myopathies #myopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... patients Skin lesions ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... explain symptoms • Fever ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison