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Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
for Diagnostic ... Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology # ... Algorithm #GCA # ... Rheumatica #GiantCell #Temporal
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of GCA? ... ESR and/or CRP Temporal ... #Rheumatology # ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... Thrombocytopenia #Lupus #SLE ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... GCA versus Temporal ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... absence of visual symptoms ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Typical Signs/Symptoms
Alopecia, Fever, Malar rash, Photosensitivity, Adenopathies, Lupus pneumonia, Pleurisy, Pancreatitis,
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... (SLE) - Typical ... Signs/Symptoms ... , Fever, Malar rash ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
weakness, less systemic ... symptoms, and less ... can present with rash ... Can also see mechanics ... #rheumatology
SOAP BRAIN MD Mnemonic for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

S - Serositis (Pleuritis, Pericarditis)
O - Oral Ulcers
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MD Mnemonic for Systemic ... Erythematosus (SLE ... Neuropsychiatric Symptoms ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... 69% - Malar rash ... #Systemic #Lupus ... autoantibodies #signs #symptoms ... #differential #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... months to years) Systemic ... #comparison #table ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Differential Diagnosis ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... #Rheumatology