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Necrotizing Fasciitis: African-American patient with diabetes that predisposed him to rapidly 
progressive infection. Lower extremity is
progressive infection ... As the infection ... occurs deep to the skin ... pain that these ... #Photo #Dermatology
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
for months wax and ... trauma leads to skin ... biopsy preferred Differential ... #clinical #photo ... #hand
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
- Differential ... Irregular pustules on hands ... SAPHO syndrome ( ... with rheumatic pain ... Sweet syndrome
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Severe low back pain ... constipation Differential ... stimulation of skin ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Cushing's Syndrome - Moon Facies, Buffalo Hump, Abdominal Striae, Thin Skin

A young man presents with rapid
Cushing's Syndrome ... Abdominal Striae, Thin Skin ... with rapid weight gain ... the patient's hand ... BuffaloHump #Striae #Clinical
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... - Infection ( ... spinal artery infarction ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
injury) • Neurologic ... +/- myocardial infarction ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Paresthesias: Hands ... or feet • Pain ... management #treatment #neurology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Bacterial or viral infection ... - SLE Neurologic ... Scleroderma Thickened skin ... Cardiomyopathies - Viral infection ... #differential #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... , neurologic, and ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... occasional oligoclonal bands ... involvement, abdominal pain