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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... or binocular) - Can ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... Signs #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #Vasculitis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Loss of pain and ... Extremity Dysfunction (pain ... , pain and temperature ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #orthopedics #neurology
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN ... causes direct injury ... multiplex #PAN ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... Signs #Symptoms #Vasculitis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... Colicky abdominal pain ... Arthralgia's (common), arthritis ... #HSP #IgA #Vasculitis ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... blood vessels (vasculitis ... -> Sudden eye pain ... pleuritic chest pain ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Takayasu’s Arteritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 - Fatigue, weight loss, low grade fever, arthralgias
 - Incr
Takayasu’s Arteritis ... - Abdominal Pain ... Claudication (pain ... #Takayasus #Arteritis ... #Vasculitis #Diagnosis