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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joints • Reactive arthritis ... - (Reiter’s syndrome ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... arthropathies #polyarthritis
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis ... GCA), Takayasu's arteritis ... , Cogan's Syndrome ... Behcet's Disease, Polyarteritis ... RD), Rheumatoid Arthritis
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
large vessels - Arteritis ... temporalis (giant-cell arteritis ... - Takayasu arteritis ... - Classical polyarteritis ... Churg-Strauss syndrome
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
• Cutaneous polyarteritis ... nodosa • Polyarteritis ... : • Temporal arteritis ... • Takayasu's arteritis ... Disease • Cogan syndrome
VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) Syndrome
Clinical Syndrome:
 • Common Clinical Features: alveolitis, ear and
Clinical Syndrome ... myelodysplastic syndrome ... myelodysplastic syndrome ... (32%) • polyarteritis ... • giant cell arteritis
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
infarction (Dressler syndrome ... Postpericardiotomy syndrorne ... Mediterranean fever Polyarteritis ... nodosa Rheumatoid arthritis ... Scleroderma Sjögren syndrome
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... Typhoid fever • Polyarteritis ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... Diseases: • Polyarteritis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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and often causes arthritis ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis ... VASCULITIS: • Polyarteritis ... • Cogan Syndrome ... EGPA, microscopic polyarteritis
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
artery: Marfan syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... renal artery: Polyarteritis ... nodosa, Takayasu's arteritis ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... Specific sarcoidosis syndromes ... symptoms) • Löfgren syndrome ... fever, migratory polyarthritis ... • Heerfordt syndrome