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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... HLA-DR4 mutation ... skin lesions ... #Pathophysiology ... #Vasculitis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... acneiform lesions, erythema ... like lesions, erythema ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... management #signs #symptoms
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following:
 • Conjunctivitis
 • Polymorphous
involvement • Edema/erythema ... : - Coronary Arteritis ... - Generalized Skin ... Criteria #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Vasculitis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
of the joints (arthritis ... Episcleritis Signs and Symptoms ... of the joints (arthritis ... symptoms by days ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Transient • Skin ... Balanitis - painless erythema ... ReactiveArthritis #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... manifestations Skin ... blood vessels (vasculitis ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
The symptoms of ... thromboembolic disease, vasculitis ... pathophysiology: ... image diseased arteries ... #CLI #heparin #amputation
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... anterioruveitis, erythema ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... symmetrical, ankles), erythema
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... malignancies, vasculitis ... Painful or pruritic erythema ... to medium-sized arteries ... Warfarin-induced skin
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
with pharyngeal erythema ... with pharyngeal erythema ... altered LOC; septic arthritis ... that persists as skin ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology