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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitis and Vasculitides ... - Differential Diagnosis ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... rhinitis/sinusitis, saddle ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal ... pain and GN Anti-GBM
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
- Differential Diagnosis ... HTN - Vasculitis ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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nodules, livedo - Abdominal ... multiplex ANCA vasculitis ... sinusitis - pulmonary ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... #nephrology #causes
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis ... pain (commonly ... #HSP #IgA #Vasculitis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... hearing loss, saddle ... palpable purpura 2/2 vasculitis ... Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Infection - Vasculitis ... lesions • Severe pain ... - Autoimmune Vasculitis ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
blood vessels (vasculitis ... -> Sudden eye pain ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... dysfunction, back pain ... Meningitis • Include: vasculitis ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis