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Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Autoimmune disorder resulting in a vasculitis which causes slowly progressive 
ulceration of the skin.
vasculitis which causes ... ulceration of the skin ... number of systemic diseases ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
of fibrin split products ... • Fibrin split products ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
purple, hemorrhagic skin ... - Bone marrow disease ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... #rheumatology #
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Associated with skin ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... Skin manifestations ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology ... #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
Polyangiitis (GPA) Skin ... GPA causes disease ... vasculitis Skin ... • Goodpasture syndrome ... rash #diagnosis #rheumatology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes ... and management ... manifestations - Skin ... with refractory disease ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... highly inflammatory disease ... Fibrin degradation products ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... infections with skin ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions