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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
trigger - Direct skin ... 50% of patients Skin ... 1% of patients Skin ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
head and neck, skin ... - Adult T-cell Leukemia ... Associations #Cancers #oncology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... with a relatively chronic ... involvement CML (Chronic ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... #CLL #Chronic ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
eosinophilia, skin ... Full-thickness skin ... over thickened skin ... Lichen planus-like skin ... or generalized skin
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... loss; CV, CNS, skin ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Back pain • Skin ... infarction • Lymphoma/Leukemia ... Abdominal cutaneous nerve ... #Causes #Differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Purpura, ischemic skin ... - Affects the skin ... Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis - Skin ... glomerular ischemia - Skin ... Small Vessels: 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 ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... Recurrent and chronic
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
skin condition ... gyratum repens • A skin ... skin condition, ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential