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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... mucositis - Rash ... pulses, bruis, or blood ... Large Vessel: Blood ... differential #diagnosis
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... to irritation, blood ... or swelling of blood ... zoster ophthalmicus
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
• Stroke • Vasculitis ... Head and neck masses ... (80% to 90% of cases ... cause unknown) ... zoster virus
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Nile virus) - Herpes ... - Rabies - Eastern ... Toxoplasmosis AUTOIMMUNE/VASCULITIS ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... , mucositis • Rash ... tract, and often causes
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
: • 1400 new cases ... • 75-90% of cases ... Abnormal in 50% of cases ... zoster, West Nile ... - Sjogren - Vasculitis
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
of necrotizing vasculitis ... include: infections (HSV ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV ... 1): • Herpes ... • Varicella-zoster ... Maculopapular rash ... • Uveitis • Rash
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Microbiology: Blood ... positive in 90% of IE cases ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... valvular disease • Vasculitis ... • Blood cultures
Common Dermatological Conditions - Distribution and Morphology
 • Acne vulgaris - Face, upper back, chest -
zoster - Dermatomal ... - Trunk - Red, blood-filled ... #dermatology #rash ... #differential # ... diagnosis #skin