8 results
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
lung, esophageal, breast ... children with acute ... rash observed in acute ... multiforme • Acute ... #differential #diagnosis
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... vasoconstrictive • Acute ... and chronic vasospasm ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Eczematous - Pruritic/Scaly/Erythematous lesions. Usually poorly demarcated
 • Atopic Dermatitis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Eczematous ... and vesicles (acute ... lichenification (chronic ... #Algorithm #causes
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... Intracellular Urate ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Causes of Acute ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... of acute flaccid ... Differential diagnosis ... virus: Headache, fever ...  CIDP: Chronic
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
has traveled to areas ... days and presents fever ... transmission, with acute ... and no apparent focus ... classification #diagnosis
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... The diagnosis of ... syndrome - chronic ... #Fever #Diagnosis