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Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... syndrome Ulcerative Colitis ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Treatment Mod/Severe Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis
Mucous Membrane Disorder - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erosions/Ulcers/Blisters
 - Primary Dermatologic Diseases
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Blisters - Primary Dermatologic ... disease (ulcerative colitis ... MucousMembranes #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Disease, Ulcerative Colitis ... Clubbing #Fingernail #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Conductive Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Normal Otoscopy - Middle Ear:
 • Otosclerosis
 • Congenital (Ossicular
Foreign Body • Otitis ... Tumors (SCC) • Dermatologic ... Middle Ear: • Otitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
• Ulcerative Colitis ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #hematology #basophils
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
• Tinea capitis ... • Tinea capitis ... HairLoss #Alopecia #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Causes of Toxic ... Disease: Ulcerative colitis ... , Crohn's colitis ... Overdistension at colonoscopy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
decalvans, Tinea Capitis ... Shafts: Tinea Capitis ... Scaling, pustules, crusts ... Differential #Diagnosis #dermatology
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
• Tinea capitis ... • Tinea capitis ... Focal #Localized #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes