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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Causes of Leg Pain ... : • Infection: ... syndromeShin ... #pain #differential
Venous Ulcer and DVT: Chronic venous insufficiency with additional swelling caused by acute DVT.
There is also
additional swelling caused ... There is also skin ... infection of the ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Leg #Chronic #
Gout of the Knee: Image on right demonstrates redness and swelling caused by acute gouty arthritis.
demonstrates redness and ... swelling caused ... for comparison. skin ... changes seen in both legs ... Images #Clinical #Photo
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Occurs on the arms, legs ... ) on the arms, legs ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... Upper respiratory infection ... gastrointestinal infection
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... • Giant cell arteritis ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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lymphomas, metastases, skin ... venereum, primary and ... Dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis ... , Sjögren syndrome ... sarcoidosis Iatrogenic causes
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... +/- myocardial infarction ... test (this is a skin ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... arthralgia, arm/leg ... occasional oligoclonal bands ... causes arthritis ... purpura (lower legs
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... extremities (ischemia, infarction ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... reticularis Differential ... • Goodpasture syndrome ... • Giant cell arteritis ... Infections include