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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... thrombophlebitis Skin ... • Shin splints ... Brittle nails - Skin ... skin • Inflammation
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Sjögrens (15%) Skin ... Polyneuropathy, Cranial nerve ... Demyelinating syndromes ... valve lesions Abdominal ... pain (20%) Renal
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Skin Conditions ... Scleroderma Thickened skin ... arthritis Discoid skin ... #skin #rashes # ... differential #diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Skin changes ... • Urinary symptoms ... cutaneous nerve ... #Causes #Differential
Common organ involvements and symptoms in Sarcoidosis
Lung 89-99% - Cough, dyspnoea, wheezing and stridor
Skin 16-32% -
wheezing and stridor Skin ... 16-32% - Lupus ... Liver 12-20% - Abdominal ... pain and elevated ... pain Nervous system
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
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
intestines, extremities Skin ... (Skin and Mucosa ... arrest, Kounis syndrome ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... pain and fecal
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
- May involve symptoms ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... painAbdominal ... cutaneous nerve ... #Pain #differential
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
) is a skin condition ... inflamed or blistered skin ... development of skin ... deeper into the skin ... small samples of skin
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... arthritis - with the skin ... with Systemic Lupus ... should have other symptoms