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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... tract, and often causes ... < 30 years - Aorta ... purpura: strong sign ... diminished, or tender pulses
Takayasu’s Arteritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 - Fatigue, weight loss, low grade fever, arthralgias
 - Incr
Takayasu’s Arteritis ... - Orthostasis, Syncope ... Decr palpable pulses ... #Vasculitis #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... nerve caused by ... Doppler US : halo sign ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... < 30 years • Aorta ... claudication, pulse ... ): • Aorta and ... tract, and often causes
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... those coming off aorta ... systemic sx + signs ... = vasculitis vs ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Terrien's Marginal Degeneration on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

70-year-old patient who consulted for subconjunctival hemorrhage x 1
positive anca vasculitis ... and rheumatoid arthritis ... It is diagnosed ... #ophthalmology ... #SlitLamp