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Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
vasculitis (rare ... ) • Rheumatic Diseases ... : IgG4-Related Disease ... (IgG4-RD), Rheumatoid ... #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Antinuclear Antibodies ... (ANA) ANA or Anti-NucIear ... Rheumatic Diseases ... • Rheumatic Diseases ... #patterns #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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often causes arthritis ... disease, and ocular ... : Systemic rheumatic ... diseases, such ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Disease OLIGOARTHRITIS ... Gonorrhea • Rheumatic ... streptococci (rheumatic ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Diseases • Septic ... connective-tissue disease ... #Disease #Rheumatoid ... #testing #Rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
rheumatic diseases ... most important diseases ... often causes arthritis ... disease, and ocular ... #Rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
vasculitis, rheumatoid ... Still disease, ... • Mesenteric vasculitis ... inflammation Cutaneous Vasculitis ... #Rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
multisystemic disease ... demyelinating disease ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... : 2% Systemic Vasculitis ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
rheumatic fever ... ), RA, crystal disease ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #