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Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
General (Diffuse and Focal ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... - Secondary to Skin ... #dermatology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
thrombophlebitis Skin ... band syndrome • Shin ... Poor pulses - Hair ... Brittle nails - Skin ... skin • Inflammation
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Localized / Focal ... Capitis - Skin ... Examine the entire skin
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Focal / Localized ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Secondary to Skin ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • ... , DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... #management #signs
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Back pain • Skin ... Epigastric: Consider cardiac ... intolerance • SIBO Focal ... Abdominal cutaneous nerve
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
effusion fluid or air ... Plan definitive management ... drape overlying skin ... • Infiltrate local ... #Management #Workup
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
in AA and AL Cardiac ... Infiltration of muscles Skin ... waxy or thickened skin ... carotene levels Nerve ... Tests: • Nerve
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... hyperhidrosis, hair ... growth, skin tags ... , skin thickening ... Differential Diagnosis