Table 4 Common differential diagnoses
From: Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 1: diagnosis
Differential diagnosis | Examples |
|---|---|
Infection | Overwhelming sepsis (e.g. meningococcal sepsis) |
Atypical pneumonia | |
Legionella infection | |
Lyme's disease | |
Leptospirosis | |
Tuberculosis | |
Bacterial endocarditis | |
Mycotic aneurysms | |
Haemolytic–uraemic syndrome | |
Collagen vascular disease | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
Rheumatoid arthritis | |
Antiphospholipid syndrome | |
Sjögren's syndrome | |
Cryoglobulinaemia | |
Malignancy | Lymphoma/leukaemia |
Paraneoplastic syndromes | |
Other | Sarcoid |
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura | |
Cholesterol emboli |