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Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Autoimmune disorder resulting in a vasculitis which causes slowly progressive 
ulceration of the skin.
ulceration of the skin ... frequently mistaken for cellulitis ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... • Infection: Cellulitis ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... pulses - Hair loss
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious: Dissecting cellulitis ... Capitis - Skin ... Disease: Discoid ... , Loose anagen syndrome
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Associated with skin ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... management
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... ; CV, CNS, skin ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... dermatitis - Cellulitis ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #dermatology
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 ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
, causes and management ... manifestations - Skin ... involvement - Less ... with refractory disease ... #Management
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
(75%), Weight loss ... Sjögrens (15%) Skin ... Demyelinating syndromes ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
; Serotonin syndrome ... preventing heat loss ... from the skin ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management