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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... polychondritis • Behcet ... disease • Multiple ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
most frequent skin ... appearing during the disease ... polymorphism • Satellite ... #differential # ... oncology #clinical #skin
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... injury) • Neurologic ... test (this is a skin ... disease) Differential ... #management #signs
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... symptomatology Differential ... IgA-associated vasculitis, Behcet ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... , may also see skin ... Sarcoidosis • Neuro Behcets ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... causes #radiology #neurology
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... GI, lung, skin), ... AI: EGPA, IgG-4 disease ... , Behcet disease ... #Eosinophilia #Differential
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
- Differential ... Vasculitis: • Behcet ... Disease • Cogan ... syndrome #Cutaneous ... #rheumatology #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... /VASCULITIS - Behcet ... Disease - Systemic ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
redness of the skin ... syndrome (SSS) ... , the differential ... includes Kawasaki disease ... and toxic shock syndrome
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... • Behcet disease ... • Behcet's syndrome ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Fever #Patterns #Differential