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ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Granulomatous DX with Vasculitis ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Joint Pain Rash ... infection • Lyme disease ... migrans • Lyme disease ... Hypersensitivity vasculitis ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome • Vasculitis
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Lung Disease. ... arthritis - Dermatomyositis ... - Toxic gas Vasculitides ... #Differential #Causes
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... ILD caused by inhalation ... , Polymyositis-dermatomyositis ... Sarcoidosis • Vasculitis ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease ... Tetanus, Transverse Myelitis ... , Polymyositis/dermatomyositis ... , Thyroid disease
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... Damage (Trauma/crush ... Inflammatory Muscle Disease ... (myositis) • ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... Conjunctivitis, mucositis ... - Rash, arthritis ... (Granulomatous disease ... atherosclerotic disease
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
Polymyositis and dermatomyositis ... connective tissue disease ... ANCA-Associated Vasculitis ... Renal-limited vasculitis ... #rheumatology #diseases
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... the most common vasculitis ... Conjunctivitis, Mucositis ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... #KD #vasculitis
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... • Pauci-immune vasculitis ... Maculopapular rash ... Granulomatous vasculitis ... #dermatology #rash