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Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
• Transverse myelitis ... pain • Extra-CNS ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... , Sjögren syndrome ... Manifestations #diagnosis
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #management #treatment
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... • May involve PNS ... and CNS • Headache ... • Transverse Myelitis ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... nervous system (CNS ... systemic lupus erythematosus ... #Diagnosis #Management
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... systemic lupus erythematosus ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... toxicity #myopathy #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... nervous system (CNS ... neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... #Management
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
systemic lupus erythematosus ... histopathologic changes in LNs ... Histopathological Diagnoses ... agonists #TAFRO #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology