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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Stasis Dermatitis
• Asteatotic eczema
• Atopic dermatitis
• Cellulitis
• Contact dermatitis
• Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
• Lichen simplex chronicus
• Nummular eczema
• Pretibial myxedema
• Tinea dermatophyte infection
• Xerosis
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Sporotrichosis
FIXED, OR PLAQUE, SPOROTRICHOSIS
• Bacterial pyoderma
• Foreign body granuloma
• Tularemia
• Anthrax
• Other mycoses: blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis
LYMPHOCUTANEOUS SPOROTRICHOSIS
• Nocardia brasiliensis
• Leishmania braziliensis
• Atypical mycobacterial disease: Mycobacterium marinum,
Mycobacterium kansasii
PULMONARY SPOROTRICHOSIS
• Pulmonary TB
• Histoplasmosis
• Coccidioidomycoses
OSTEOARTICULAR SPOROTRICHOSIS
• Pigmented villonodular synovitis
• Gout
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Infection with M. tuberculosis
• Atypical mycobacteria: M. marinum, M. kansasii, M. aviumintracellulare
MENINGITIS
• Histoplasmosis
• Cryptococcosis
• TB
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Sore Throat
WITHOUT PHARYNGEAL ULCERS
• Viral pharyngitis
• Allergic pharyngitis
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Streptococcal pharyngitis
• Gonococcal pharyngitis
• Sinusitis with postnasal drip
WITH PHARYNGEAL ULCERS
• Herpangina
• Herpes simplex
• Candidiasis
• Fusospirochetal infection (Vincent’s angina)
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Stenosis
• Acute cauda equina syndrome
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Epidural abscess
• Fibromyalgia
• Herniated nucleus pulposus
• Intermittent claudication secondary to peripheral vascular disease
• Metastatic tumors
• Multiple myeloma
• Neuropathy
• Osteoarthritis of the back
• Osteoarthritis of the hip
• Osteoarthritis of the knee
• Osteomyelitis
• Reiter’s syndrome
• Scoliosis
• Spondylolisthesis
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Cord Dysfunction
• Diskitis
• HIV myelopathy
• Multiple sclerosis
• Neoplasm (primary, metastatic)
• Spinal arteriovenous (AV) malformation
• Spinal cord infarction
• Spinal epidural abscess
• Spinal epidural hematoma
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Syringomyelia
• Transverse myelitis
• Trauma
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Spastic Paraplegias
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Cervical spondylosis
• Friedreich’s ataxia
• HIV infection
• Multiple sclerosis
• Spinal cord arteriovenous (AV) malformations
• Spinal cord tumor
• Spinocerebellar ataxias
• Syringomyelia
• Tertiary syphilis
• Vitamin B12 deficiency
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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Cord Compression, Epidural
• Histiocytosis
• Meningioma
• Metastatic cancer (vertebral, intramedullary, leptomeninges)
• Neurofibroma
• Osteoarthritis
• Paraneoplastic myelopathy
• RA
• Radiation myelopathy
• Sarcoidosis
• Spinal epidural abscess
• Spinal epidural hematoma
• Spinal epidural vascular malformations
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