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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Purpura, ischemic skin ... - Affects the skin ... Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis - Skin ... glomerular ischemia - Skin ... Small Vessels: Skin
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... : • Disease fatal ... exertion • Neurologic ... neuropathies • Skin ... Diagnosis #Symptoms #Signs
Brissaud's Sign

If the patient did not have his toes ... is there a sign that can
Brissaud's Sign ... in the plantar skin ... foot (plantar skin ... #Reflex #Neurology ... #clinical #video
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... Sjögrens (15%) Skin ... valve lesions Abdominal ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... erythematosus #signs
Stone-In-Neck Sign on POCUS

A patient presents with abdominal pain and tenderness over this area. The scan
presents with abdominal ... stone-in-neck (SIN ... #Stone #Neck #SiN ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... gallbladder #ultrasound #abdominal
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 ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... ) Differential Diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Purpura, ischemic skin ... commonly affects the skin ... • Affects the skin ... cmpkx deposits skin ... Vasculitis: • Skin
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Back pain • Skin ... Cardiopulmonary disease ... cutaneous nerve ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
the gallbladder (SIN ... sign). ... #Stone #Neck #SiN ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... gallbladder #ultrasound #abdominal
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
trauma leads to skin ... painless, no systemic signs ... biopsy preferred Differential ... University Infectious Diseases ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection #clinical