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Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... • Purpura • Perifollicular ... • Petechiae, purpura ... Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
- May involve symptoms ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... Henoch-Schönlein purpura ... presents with purpura ... #differential #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
, Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... factors affecting symptom ... inflammation, Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... easy bruising to purpura ... mucosal bleeding (Petechial ... or purpuric rash ... #Diagnosis #Management
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
rash, Vasculitis, Purpura ... Demyelinating syndromes ... valve lesions Abdominal ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis: • Purpura ... scleritis • Palpable purpura ... Henoch Schonlein Purpura ... skin) • Palpable purpura ... macules, palpable purpura
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitis: • Purpura ... Henoch Schonlein Purpura ... erythematous nodules, purpura ... scleritis • Palpable purpura ... causing palpable purpura
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Henoch Scholein Purpura ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
protein C and S Pathophysiology ... • Purpura • ... Hemorrhagic bullae • Purpura ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... causes #treatment #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
lesions, palpable purpura ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms