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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... aneurysms • Acute
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
gastrointestinal or testicular ... , fever, joint pain ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... - Diagnostic Framework ... rheumatic fever ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
presents with abd pain ... weeks ago, no fevers ... On cipro for sbp ... #SBP #clinical ... #abscess
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... #rheumatology # ... classification
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
asymmetric arm BP ... pain • HTN • ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... pain and GN Anti-GBM ... #Rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess