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Break down Vasculitis based on vessel size
#Diagnosis #Rheumatology #Differential #Vasculitis #VesselSize #Small #Medium #Large #Classification
Break down Vasculitis ... size #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Differential # ... Vasculitis #VesselSize ... #Small #Medium
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
the Skin - Differential ... Urticaria • Medium ... Disease • Cogan syndrome ... #dermatology #rheumatology ... #differential #
Vasculitis - Break down based on vessel size 
Distribution of vessel involvement by large vessel vasculitis,
, medium vessel ... Medium vessel vasculitis ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Differential # ... #Small #Medium
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
of medium vessels ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... - Schnitzler syndrome ... - Sjögren syndrome ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... ANCA-positive vasculitis ... ANCA-negative vasculitis ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #differential #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... + MPO-ANCA MEDIUM ... • Cogan Syndrome ... aortic aneurysm • Medium ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Rebound effect from treatment ... , Vasculitides, ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... disease c-ANCA - Vasculitis ... granulomatosis p-ANCA - Vasculitis ... diseases #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #rheumatology #
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology ... Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome ... LAC) • Sjogren Syndrome ... Polymerase Ill • ANCA Vasculitis ... #associations #table