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Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
Diseases Nail ... Iron deficiency anemia ... disease severe ... #Secondary #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Chronic hemolytic anemia ... Systolic dysfunction ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... disorders, lenectomy Systemic ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Myocardial • Systolic ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Coronary Artery Disease ... • Stable Angina ... - Other • Anemia
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
and Primary Causes ... Cholestatic liver disease ... renal failure/uremia ... #generalized #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
highly inflammatory disease ... of underlying disease ... with leukopenia, anemia ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... ) • Systemic granulomatous ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Eosinophilia and Systemic ... Edema in 70% of cases ... withdrawal • Mild disease ... DRESS #Syndrome #dermatology ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... • Most common cause ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
processes: • Systemic ... rheumatic diseases ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... #hematology
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
(cutaneous or systemic ... early localized disease ... multiforme • Acute systemic ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... differential #diagnosis #dermatology