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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... Agglutinin Disease ... Diagnosis Monoclonal ... #agglutinin #disease ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
ulcers - Glomerulonephritis ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Henoch-Schönlein purpura) • Cutaneous ... #classification
Dermatological semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis 

Clinicopathologic correlations
 • Purpura, papules, pustules, necrosis: involvement of small vessels
Identification of causes ... EGPA • Solid cancers ... Vasculitis #dermpath #dermatology ... #pathology #lesions ... #differential
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
sensitivity • Painful ulcers ... : • + Clinical ... • Negative causes ... Biopsy: Typical pathologic ... hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... vasculitis) • Cutaneous ... matter, spinal cord ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... : monoclonal TNF-aIpha
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... , cutaneous, ocular ... Serologies for Cryoglobulins ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #classification
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
#wavelengths #causes ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... cancer: clinical ... , occupational disease ... Cold Spring Harb
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... (buruli ulcer) ... , alcohol, cancer ... Hematologic malignancy ... NTM #Infections #differential
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Diagnosis? ... as non healing ulcer ... University Infectious Diseases ... Mucormycosis #Eschar #dermatology ... #skin #clinical