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Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
, weight loss, polyarthritis ... • Pulmonary: ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Symptoms #Signs #Pulmonary
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
 -
vision loss) Polyarteritis ... sinusitis - pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... progressing GN • New pulmonary ... VASCULITIS: • Polyarteritis ... Differential Diagnosis ... EGPA, microscopic polyarteritis
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... DM, Vasculitis-polyarteritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... Vasculitis: • Polyarteritis ... #differential #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... at the time of diagnosis ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... fever, migratory polyarthritis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... progressing GN • New pulmonary ... Vasculitis Differential Diagnosis ... VESSEL VASCULITIS: Polyarteritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
2021 ACR/VF Guidelines for Management of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

#PAN #Polyarteritis #Nodosa #ACR2021 #Management #rheumatology #algorithm #vasculitis
Management of Polyarteritis ... Nodosa (PAN) #PAN #Polyarteritis
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Undifferentiated Polyarthritis ... disease, Symmetric Polyarthritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... arthropathies #polyarthritis