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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Cardiopulmonary disease ... Ovulatory pain • Ectopic ... • Inflammatory ... bowel disease
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
dermatitis, a disease ... (AD) is a chronic ... , relapsing, inflammatory ... #eczema #dermatology ... corticosteroids in dermatology
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
• Fever • Toxic ... Cholesterol embolism - Amyloidosis ... blood test • Serology ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal ... Algorithm #Causes #dermatology
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
 •
Abdominal Distention ... Hypothyroidism Chronic ... Hemorrhage/Malignancy Toxic ... Megacolon • Inflammatory ... Amyloidosis, Paraneoplastic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... (25-75%): Inflammatory ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Recurrent and chronic ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagoma: inflammatory ... meningoencephalitis Chronic ... symptoms, positive serology ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Indeterminate and Chronic
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
affects the skin, neurologic ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... gut involvement, abdominal ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Syphilis, PML), Inflammatory ... encephalopathies, CJD • Chronic ... : Storage disease ... celiac, whipple) TOXIC ... Diagnosis #Causes #neurology