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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Giant retinal tears ... Recurrent and chronic ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... : • Acute or chronic ... e.g., meniscal tears ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Diagnosis Framework ... acute/subacute/chronic ... constitutional symptoms ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms ... #Pain #Otology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... , cough, chest pain ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... anterior/posterior MSK ... (2-5%), liver (pain
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
malaise) - Muscle pain ... Inflammation and pain ... development of skin symptoms ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... #dermatology #oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
infections, bone pain ... Headaches, bone pain ... , fever, joint pain ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... • Progressive symptoms ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... vasculitis • Behcet ... #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... VASCULITIS: • Behçet ... well as inner ear ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Idiopathic: etiology ... or without back pain ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Neurosarcoidosis - MCTD - Bechet