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A System for Vasculitides 

#Diagnosis #IM #Rheum #Vasculitis #Small #Medium #Large #Vessel #Size #Classification #ANCA #Differential
A System for Vasculitides ... #Vessel #Size #Classification ... #ANCA #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... Associated - ANCA ... Hydralazine-Induced ANCA-Associated ... ear disease Differential ... #rheumatology #classification
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... vasculitis (IgA-associated ... Immune Complex: Systemic ... Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
ANA Patterns and ... Associated Rheumatic ... • Homogeneous: Systemic ... Antinuclear #Antibodies #ANA ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
patterns are associated ... Patterns and Associated ... • Homogeneous: Systemic ... What diseases are associated ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Glomerulonephritis • With associated ... (C-ANCA): GPA > ... (P-ANCA): eGPA, ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... central nervous system ... small vessels - ANCA-associated ... disease - systemic ... dermatomyositis #Size #Classification
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Pearl: Diseases associated ... Systemic histoplasmosis ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm ... #Differential #
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
central nervous system ... • MOG antibody-associated ... Sjögren syndrome • Systemic ... spectrum disorder • ANCA-associated ... #inflammatory #differential
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... (syphilis, HIV-associated ... Encephalopathy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm