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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... • Abdominal pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #tropical
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
redness of the skin ... an anaphylactic reaction ... or an exposure reaction ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... #Differential
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint Pain ... • Rheumatic fever ... #joint #pain #skin ... #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
characterized by extensive skin ... Criteria for Diagnosis ... Fever >38.5 2. ... Skin involvement ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
brown sputum, fever ... loss; CV, CNS, skin ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... mountain spotted fever ... • Drug reactions ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
- Pel-Ebstein fever ... Alcohol-induced pain ... : Pain in involved ... #differential # ... hematology
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
instability - New-onset fever ... sulfa-drug - Skin ... pain - Immunocompromised ... Dermatology #Rash ... Targetoid #Algorithm #Differential
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
symptoms - Headache, fever ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table