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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... • Splenic infarction ... aortic aneurysms ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Acute Myocardial Infarction ... • Stasis and thrombus ... associated with thrombus ... acuteMI #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis #timeline
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Ring fracture, Thrombus ... muscle: Myocardial infarction ... Left ventricular aneurysm ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... - GI tract: abdominal ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #classification
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
+/- myocardial infarction ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... gut involvement, abdominal ... , recent viral infection ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
- Differential ... Diagnosis Thrombosis ... renal artery • Aneurysms ... with mural thrombi ... #Diagnosis