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Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic ... red-flags to exclude dermatologic ... New-onset fever with rash ... #Dermatology #Rash ... Targetoid #Algorithm #Differential
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic ... Pathophysiology: ... pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #Rash ... Palpable #Algorithm #Differential
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
manifestations: from easy bruising ... purpura to mucosal bleeding ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
and toxic shock syndrome ... erythematous rash ... Nikolsky sign may ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... #Erythematous #Rash
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... metabolic changes and may ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
ALL: mediastinal mass ... PLT: Petechiae, bruising ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
Bleeding and Bruising ... of Hemostasis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... von Willebrand syndrome ... Diagnosis #Hematology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
Maculopapular rash ... reticularis Differential ... Diagnosis: Vasculitis ... • Goodpasture syndrome ... #rash #diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Easy or unusual bruising ... or bleeding, which ... are caused by bleeding ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... to the eyelid leading ... impaired due to the mass ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential