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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Involvement, Spares ... , Sicca Syndrome ... Disease, Rheumatoid Vasculitis ... Arthritis #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Immune Complex ... Ig A (HSP) - ... Disease • Cogan syndrome ... #dermatology #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tracts Immune Complex ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... Cryoglobulins • HIV ... #rheumatology #
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
deposit of immune complexes ... causing endothelial injury ... HBV infection, HIV ... Labs/Diagnosis: ... classification #rheumatology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... Aseptic necrosis of hip ... Demyelinating syndromes ... valve lesions Abdominal ... #rheumatology
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
adhesion of IgA complexes ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... and ankles) #HSP ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... hepatitis serology, HIV ... renal biopsy • Abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... of shoulder and hip ... pauci-immune GN Immune Complex ... gut involvement, abdominal ... #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... to local skin injury ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
malignancies, vasculitis ... Cryofibrinogenemia Diagnosis ... • TTP, HUS and HIT ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #rheumatology #