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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... pain • Skin changes ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... • Splenic infarction ... aortic aneurysms
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... cardiomyopathy (→HF) with apical ... (→ventricular aneurysm ... ), mural thrombi ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
white matter, spinal ... +/- myocardial infarction ... coronary artery aneurysms ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... and gray matter changes ... gut involvement, abdominal ... , recent viral infection ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... • Myocardial infarction ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... pregnancy • May have typical ... • Account for changes