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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... Drug Associated (Commonly ... Associated: (± 100 % Commonly ... mucositis - Rash ... purpura: strong sign
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
• Pauci-immune vasculitis ... Differential Diagnosis: Vasculitis ... Granulomatous vasculitis ... • Necrotising vasculitis ... leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Autoimmune disorder resulting in a vasculitis which causes slowly progressive 
ulceration of the skin.
resulting in a vasculitis ... which causes slowly ... ulceration of the skin ... diseases, it is most commonly ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
KD) is the most common ... vasculitis of childhood ... Diagnostic Criteria ... #Disease #KD #vasculitis ... #rheumatology #pediatrics
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following:
 • Conjunctivitis
 • Polymorphous
• Polymorphous rash ... hands & feet Signs ... - Generalized Skin ... Rash #Kawasaki ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... purpura: Strong sign ... Nodosa: • PAN most commonly ... , mucositis • Rash ... tract, and often causes
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
hair follicles -> causes ... inflammation on skin ... Malar (butterfly) Rash ... Livedo Reticularis, Vasculitis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum • A chronic skin ... or trunk most commonly ... of necrotizing vasculitis ... gyratum repens • A skin ... • Most commonly
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
- Rash: multiple ... Internal organs Most common ... Episcleritis Signs ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
definition: Most common ... systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... systemic sx + signs ... differential diagnosis = vasculitis ... required due to skip