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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... • Reticular/AMA ... PBC/SjS OS - AMA ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #ANA ... #differential #
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
) ANA or Anti-NucIear ... Positive ANAAutoimmune ... • +ANA can be seen ... : The ANA patterns ... #diagnosis #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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Cytoplasmic Patterns ... Reticular/AMA: ... PBC/SjS OS • AMA ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #ANA ... #differential #
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)

WARM AHA
- Primary - Idiopathics
- Secondary
Infectious
 • Viral- HIV, EBV, HCV, HEV
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Autoimmune Hemolytic ... (AIHA) WARM AHA ... alpha-methyldopa COLD AHA ... AIHA #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Algorithm
Saccular aortic aneurysm on POCUS
If something is abnormal, or doesn't make sense to visual pattern recognition,
aortic aneurysm on POCUS ... sense to visual pattern ... aneurysm #abdominal #aaa ... #POCUS #clinical ... #sagittal #aorta
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... - Nuclear Patterns ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #ANA ... Antinuclear #Antibody #Testing ... #differential #
Autoimmune Hepatitis - Testing Algorithm
Individual Tests:
 • F-Actin (Smooth Muscle) Antibody, IgG by ELISA with Reflex
Autoimmune Hepatitis ... - Testing Algorithm ... Antinuclear Antibody (ANA ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #Autoimmune ... #Hepatitis #Algorithm
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... Imaging Patterns ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential ... thrombosis Testing
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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< 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... LFT • ESR • ANA ... - (C-ANCA) pattern ... - (P-ANCA) pattern
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... • Anti-NXP2 (ANA ... -1 antibodies (ANA ... slow onset and pattern ... or head drop • ANA