Cellulitis mimickers: Difference between revisions

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Differential Diagnosis

Common

Vascular disorders
- Superficial thrombophlebitis
- Deep venous thrombosis
Dermatologic disorders
- Contact dermatitis
- Insect stings or bites, or other envenemation
- Cutaneous drug reaction
- Eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells syndrome)
- Sweet syndrome
Rheumatic disorders
- Gouty arthritis
Immunologic disorders
- Erythromelalgia
- Relapsing polychondritis
Malignant disorders
- Carcinoma erysipelatoides
Familial disorders
- Familial Mediterranean fever
- Familial Hibernian fever
Foreign-body reactions
- Reaction to metal implant
- Mesh intolerance
- Foreign-body granulomatous reactions, such as to silicone injections and paraffin oils

Uncommon

Dermatologic disorders
- Urticaria and angioedema
- Follicular occlusion triad
  - Hidradenitis suppurativa
  - Acne conglobata
  - Dissecting cellulitis of the scap (perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens)
Vascular disorders
- Lymphedema
Immunologic disorders
Panniculitis
- Septal
- Lobular
  - Physical panniculitis
    - Cold-induced
    - Traumatic
    - Chemical
    - Factitious
    - Postirradiation
  - Panniculitis associated with systemic disease
    - Pancreatic panniculitis
    - Lupus panniculitis
    - Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
  - Weber-Christian disease
  - Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis
  - Post-steroid panniculitis
  - Nodular vasculitis
Malignant disorders
Other disorders

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-= Differential Diagnosis =
+==Differential Diagnosis==
-== Common ==
+===Common===
-* Vascular disorders
+*Vascular disorders
-** Superficial thrombophlebitis
+**[[Superficial thrombophlebitis]]
-** Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
+**[[Deep venous thrombosis]]
-* Dermatologic disorders
+*Dermatologic disorders
-** Contact dermatitis
+**[[Contact dermatitis]]
-** Insect stings or bites, or other envenemation
+**[[Insect sting|Insect stings]] or [[Insect bite|bites]], or other envenemation
+**[[Cutaneous drug reaction]]
-** Drug reactions
-** Eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells syndrome)
+**[[Eosinophilic cellulitis]] (Wells syndrome)
-** Sweet syndrome
+**[[Sweet syndrome]]
-* Rheumatic disorders
+*Rheumatic disorders
-** Gouty arthritis
+**[[Gouty arthritis]]
-* Immunologic disorders
+*Immunologic disorders
-** Erythromelalgia
+**[[Erythromelalgia]]
-** Relapsing polychondritis
+**[[Relapsing polychondritis]]
-* Malignant disorders
+*Malignant disorders
-** Carcinoma erysipelatoides
+**[[Carcinoma erysipelatoides]]
-* Familial disorders
+*Familial disorders
-** Familial Mediterranean fever
+**[[Familial Mediterranean fever]]
-** Familial Hibernian fever
+**[[Familial Hibernian fever]]
-* Foreign-body reactions
+*Foreign-body reactions
-** Reaction to metal implant
+**Reaction to metal implant
-** Mesh intolerance
+**Mesh intolerance
-** Foreign-body granulomatous reactions, such as to silicone injections and paraffin oils
+**Foreign-body granulomatous reactions, such as to silicone injections and paraffin oils
-== Uncommon ==
+===Uncommon===
-* Dermatologic disorders
+*Dermatologic disorders
-** Urticaria and angioedema
+**[[Urticaria]] and [[angioedema]]
-** Follicular occlusion triad
+**Follicular occlusion triad
-*** Hidradenitis suppurativa
+***[[Hidradenitis suppurativa]]
-*** Acne conglobata
+***[[Acne conglobata]]
-*** Dissecting cellulitis of the scap (perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens)
+***[[Dissecting cellulitis of the scap]] (perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens)
-* Vascular disorders
+*Vascular disorders
-** Lymphedema
+**[[Lymphedema]]
-* Immunologic disorders
+*Immunologic disorders
-** Lupus erythematosus
+**[[Lupus erythematosus]]
-** Sarcoidosis
+**[[Sarcoidosis]]
-** Polyarteritis nodosa
+**[[Polyarteritis nodosa]]
-* Panniculitis
+*Panniculitis
-** Septal
+**Septal
-*** Erythema nodosum
+***[[Erythema nodosum]]
-*** Lipodermatosclerosis
+***[[Lipodermatosclerosis]]
-*** Morphea
+***[[Morphea]]
-*** Eosinophilic fasciitis
+***[[Eosinophilic fasciitis]]
-*** Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome
+***[[Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome]]
-** Lobular
+**Lobular
-*** Physical panniculitis
+***Physical panniculitis
-**** Colid-induced
+****Cold-induced
-**** Traumatic
+****Traumatic
-**** Chemical
+****Chemical
-**** Factitious
+****Factitious
-**** Postirradiation
+****Postirradiation
-*** Panniculitis associated with systemic disease
+***Panniculitis associated with systemic disease
-**** Pancreatic panniculitis
+****Pancreatic panniculitis
-**** Lupus panniculitis
+****Lupus panniculitis
-**** Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
+****[[Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency]]
-*** Weber-Christian disease
+***[[Weber-Christian disease]]
-*** Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis
+***[[Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis]]
-*** Post-steroid panniculitis
+***Post-steroid panniculitis
-*** Nodular vascultiis
+***[[Nodular vasculitis]]
-* Malignant disorders
+*Malignant disorders
+**[[Lymphoma]]
-** Lyphoma
-** Leukemia
+**[[Leukemia]]
-** Paget disease of the breast
+**[[Paget disease of the breast]]
-** Extramammary Paget disease
+**[[Extramammary Paget disease]]
-** Glucogonoma
+**[[Glucogonoma]]
-* Other disorders
+*Other disorders
-** Calciphylaxis
+**[[Calciphylaxis]]
-** Compartment syndrome
+**[[Compartment syndrome]]
+**[[Acute inflammatory edema]]
-= Further Reading =
+==Further Reading==
-* Falagas ME and Vergidis PI. [https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-1-200501040-00011 Narrative review: diseases that masquerade as infectious cellulitis]. ''Ann Intern Med''. 2005 Jan 4;142(1):47-55.
+*Falagas ME and Vergidis PI. [https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-1-200501040-00011 Narrative review: diseases that masquerade as infectious cellulitis]. ''Ann Intern Med''. 2005 Jan 4;142(1):47-55.
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