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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
: Fever (50%), Depression ... Pericarditis, Endocarditis ... , Aortic valve lesions ... Abdominal pain ... #erythematosus #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
cushion defects), Systemic ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... lupus erythematosus ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... #Lupus #Erythematosus
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Diagnosis Acute ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... , Rheumatic Fever ... Inflammatory: Lupus ... Degenerative: Systemic
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Arthritis • Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
the face (many differential ... ; sometimes « viral ... 9) Unexplained fever ... #clues #system ... #erythematosus #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... night sweats, fever ... Vascular: • Systemic ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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tularemia, typhoid fever ... silicosis - Viral ... Still disease, systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... #Diagnosis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... • Mitral regurgitation ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis

Crystal-induced arthritis: Calcium oxalate, gout, cholesterol, pseudogout, hydroxyapatite crystals

Infectious arthritis: Bacteria, fungi,
Differential Diagnosis ... lupus erythematosus ... Mediterranean fever ... infection: Bacterial endocarditis ... #Differential #