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pseudovasculitis
Differential diagnosis:
Conditions that can be mistaken for vasculitis include:
1) cholesterol emboli
2) cardiac myxoma, atrial myxoma
3) malignancy
a) paraneoplastic vasculitis
- skin & nervouse system involvement most common
b) Trousseau's syndrome
c) lymphoma
4) coagulopathy
a) antiphospholipid syndrome
b) thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
c) disseminated intravascular coagulation
5) infections:
a) bacterial endocarditis
b) sepsis
c) hepatitis
d) aspergillosis
7) Goodpasture's syndrome
8) drugs/toxicity:
- cocaine, amphetamines, ephedra alkaloids, phenylpropanolamine can cause vasospasm
9) erythema multiforme
- mucous membrane involvement common
- does not cause hypertension or widespread purpura [1]
10) scurvy [2]
Related
vasculitis
General
syndrome
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11,15, 16,
17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2009,
2012, 2015, 2018
- Perkins A, Sontheimer C, Otjen JP, Shenoi S.
Scurvy masquerading as juvenile idiopathic arthritis or vasculitis
with elevated inflammatory markers: A case series.
J Pediatr 2019 Dec 13; S0022-3476(19)31470-2
PMID: 31843213