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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
into the baby's hands ... Stroke the perioral skin ... and extend, hands ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
fingertips ("mechanic’s hands ... CD4+/CD8+ ratio are ... • Mechanic's hands ... Dermatomyositis #rheumatology ... #dermatology #diagnosis
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Arthritis in the Hands ... affect the middle-aged ... #Arthritis #Hands ... #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Skin rash and malaise ... the palms of the hands ... Syphilis #Rash #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to 40 years of age ... response to local skin ... test (this is a skin ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
women and age/2 ... variably: On one hand ... required due to skip ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Takayasu: • Age ... temporal artery • Age ... occasional oligoclonal bands ... #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Takayasu: - Age ... temporal artery - Age ... Differential Diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
- Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhage, which are ... • Extremes of age ... cryoglobulins • Skin ... #physicalexam
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
under 6 years age ... When Cancer Cells are ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis