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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
years Clinical ... lung disease (GLILD ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... , HIV) • Glucocorticoid ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
MAC pulmonary disease ... Hematologic malignancy ... Disease: Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT ... #infectiousdiseases
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... common • Antihistone ... Chronic B-cell activation ... #Rheumatology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... • CT: Halo sign ... #Infections #HIV ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... #infectiousdiseases
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... #Rheumatology #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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inflammatory lesions-interstitial ... to exclude are infections ... vasculitis, and SLE ... Cryoglobulins • HIV ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... , such as SLE, atherosclerotic ... Nodosa: • PAN most commonly ... inflammatory lesions - interstitial ... #Rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly ... lung disease Malignancy ... lung disease • ... lung disease • ... #Myopathy #rheumatology