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Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
inflammation • Thrombocytopenia ... Primary Causes: - Thrombocytopenia ... - Bone marrow disease ... Von Willebrand disease ... #rheumatology #
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... Leucopenia/lymphopenia, Thrombocytopenia ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) Syndrome
Clinical Syndrome:
 • Common Clinical Features: alveolitis, ear and
thromboembolic disease ... recurrent fevers, vasculitis ... macrocytic anemia, thrombocytopenia ... Autoinflammatory #Somatic #rheumatology
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
multicentric Castleman disease ... ANCA-associated vasculitis ... infection, rickettsial disease ... , Lyme disease, ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) . 

#Idiopathic #Thrombocytopenic #Purpura #Immune #Thrombocytopenia #ITP #Management #Hematology
Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia ... #Idiopathic #Thrombocytopenic ... Purpura #Immune #Thrombocytopenia ... ITP #Management #Hematology
Algorithm for workup of thrombocytopenia based on observation of the peripheral blood film. 
TTP/HUS indicates thrombotic
for workup of thrombocytopenia ... indicates thrombotic thrombocytopenic ... How to approach thrombocytopenia ... , Hematology 2012 ... Differential #Algorithm #Thrombocytopenia
Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia
The diagnosis of drug-induced thrombocytopenia can be made only by demonstrating resolution of thrombocytopenia once
Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia ... of drug-induced thrombocytopenia ... resolution of thrombocytopenia ... #Diagnosis #Hematology ... #Thrombocytopenia
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of Vasculitis ... Vasculitis of ... - Kawasaki disease ... and infectious diseases ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 
Clinical:
 • Gingival 
 • Menorrhagia 
 • GI bleeding 
 • Intracranial
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic ... ITP #Idiopathic #Thrombocytopenic ... #Purpura #Thrombocytopenia ... Diagnosis #Overview #Hematology
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm Thrombocytopenia ... ASA) • Renal Disease ... • Steroids • Vasculitis ... Von Willebrand's Disease ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology