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Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
context of other symptoms ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... Arthritis, Sjögren Syndrome ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... occlusion, Budd-Chiari syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome ... hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... or serologies + symptoms ... Pulmonary #Renal #Syndromes ... #differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... Clinico-Radiological Syndrome ... the neurologic syndrome ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
vasoconstriction syndrome ... pulsations on funduscopy ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #clues #differential ... #diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
polymorphisms alter ... galactose-deficient IgA1 (GD-IgA1 ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome ... VASCULITIS: • Behçet Syndrome ... • Cogan Syndrome ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
dermatomyositis, Sjogren syndrome ... lymphoma • Evans' syndrome ... lymphoproliferative syndrome ... Shrinking lung syndrome ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... redflags #signs #symptoms ... #differential # ... emergency #diagnosis