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Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Causes of Bleeding ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Thrombocytopenia ... • Steroids • Vasculitis ... #Hematology
Diagnosis of IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura) - French Vasculitis Study Group 

1) Suggestive clinical manifestations
Diagnosis of IgA ... especially in the skin ... HenochSchonleinPurpura #HSP #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... Peds #Pediatrics
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Differential Diagnosis ... purpura: strong sign ... differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... organ-specific signs ... symptoms (eg, skin ... #Differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #eosinophilia
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Sjögrens (15%) Skin ... Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
immune system, leading ... - Purpura - Skin ... reticularis & skin ... Labs/Diagnosis: ... classification #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Paradoxical spontaneous bleeding ... malignancies, vasculitis ... Cryofibrinogenemia Diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... hematology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... Differential Diagnosis ... purpura: Strong sign ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... response to local skin ... test (this is a skin ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Alpha & Mu) Skin ... thrombosis+Pulm HTN+skin ... Autoimmunity: • -MM/WM: Vasculitis ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Differential #Diagnosis