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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Signs/Symptoms ... artery tender, nodular ... Hemorrhages #GiantCell ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #diagnosis #Vasculitis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... Syndrome: - Ocular ... lesions-interstitial keratitis, uveitis ... purpura: strong sign ... differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... Eye involvement (uveitis ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis ... diagnosis #management #signs
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... purpura: Strong sign ... Uveitis, chorioretinitis ... interstitial keratitis, uveitis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Complications

 • Ocular - Inflammation of middle layer of the eye (the uvea, which
Psoriatic Arthritis: Complications ... • Ocular - ... choroid layer) -> Uveitis ... - anterior (iritis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... and ophthalmic complications ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... #GiantCell #arteritis
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Manifestations • Ocular ... the iris, the anterior ... • Uveitis - ... Manifestations #Complications ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs