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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... and duration of symptoms ... - Headache, fever ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) vs. Kawasaki Disease
CDC Case Definition for MIS-C;
 • < 21
Kawasaki Disease ... • < 21 years old ... with fever • ... MISC #Kawasaki #Comparison ... #diagnosis #peds
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 ... • Clinical features ... - Pel-Ebstein fever ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... : Fever, Arthralgia ... fraction < 20% Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... symptoms - most ... younger pts) Differential ... : High fevers, chills ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential ... Agglutination - Cold ... bartonella (oroya fever ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Influenza virus Clinical ... prodrome • Fever ... Respiratory failure Management ... Bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
correlates with time of fever ... Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least ... #management
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... , fever, inccreased ... ) • Headache, fever ... Meningitis: • Fever ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Malar rash 40% - Fever ... (aPL) 30-45% Differential ... autoantibodies #signs #symptoms ... #mimickers #differential ... #rheumatology