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Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
, Leprosy • Inflammatory ... Guillain-Barre, Vasculitis ... , Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... (25-75%): Inflammatory ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... , AS Treatment: ... Recurrent and chronic
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Autoimmune / Inflammatory ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... Neurologic
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis ... mucositis - Rash, arthritis ... Syndrome: - Ocular inflammatory
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... ANCA-associated vasculitides ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
amyloid A (AA) → Chronic ... Bronchiectasis, Chronic ... osteomyelitis, Rheumatoid arthritis ... the extent of disease ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
common systemic inflammatory ... vasculitis in older ... with systemic, neurologic ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
caused by the protozoan ... Chagoma: inflammatory ... meningoencephalitis Chronic ... symptoms, positive serology ... abdominal pain, chronic
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... PE, Pulmonary amyloidosis ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment