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Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Systemic and Primary Causes ... Cholestatic liver disease ... syndrome Psychiatric Disease ... Pruritus #primary #secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
underlying lung disease ... Primary skin and ... as disseminated disease ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
stages of this disease ... Skin rash and malaise ... resembling rashes caused ... by other diseases ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Photo
Secondary Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definition:
- Core temp < 35°C

Infectious:
 - Sepsis

Neuromuscular Disease:
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Secondary Causes ... Hypothermia - Differential ... Neuromuscular Disease ... cord injuries Skin ... #Causes
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... leakage of RBC's secondary ... Thrombocytopenia: ITP • Secondary ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential ... lymphomas, metastases, skin ... venereum, primary and secondary ... sarcoidosis Iatrogenic causes ... MIAMI #Mnemonic #Differential
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
thought to be secondary ... structural heart disease ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... the underlying disease
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... antibiotics as a cause ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Purpura Fulminans Skin ... rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... purpura fulminans secondary ... BIDMC Infectious Diseases ... Rash #clinical #photo
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Diffuse and Focal) Differential ... decalvans - Secondary ... to Skin Disease ... areata • Secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes