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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... response to local skin ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... test (this is a skin ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
under polarized microscopy ... Early diagnosis ... #amyloidosis #clinical ... #photo #AL #lightchain ... #NEJM
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... in literature (NEJM ... required due to skip ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
Rarely dominate the clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... Polyarteritis nodosa • Microscopic ... • Giant cell arteritis ... dermatology #rash #diagnosis
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
- Purpura - Skin ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... reticularis & skin ... Labs/Diagnosis: ... vasculitis - GPA, EGPA, microscopic
Tinea Capitis in a Newborn- A 3-week-old male newborn was brought to the pediatrician with three
Somalia, had similar skin ... ringworm, was diagnosed ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #tinea #capitis
Disseminated Cutaneous Blastomycosis- A fungal culture of skin tissue was negative; however, a skin biopsy showed
fungal culture of skin ... negative; however, a skin ... staining confirmed a diagnosis ... #clinical #photo ... #derm #NEJM #cutaneous
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
osteomyelitis, Rheumatoid arthritis ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... waxy or thickened skin ... polarized light microscopy
Brittle nails and hair loss in hypothyroidism- ...Physical examination revealed dry skin, thickened and brittle nails
examination revealed dry skin ... thyroiditis was diagnosed ... the differential diagnosis ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #hypothyroidism
Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Ulcerative Colitis- ...left chest (Panel A) and leg (Panel B). The physical examination
examination revealed skin ... A diagnosis of pyoderma ... , inflammatory skin ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #pyoderma