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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
M > F Clinical Manifestations ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Behcet disease) Differential ... management #signs #symptoms
Stages of Syphilis
Early Primary:
 • Painless chancre
 • Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Secondary:
 • Fever, malaise
 • Rash
Early Latent: • Positive ... testing • No symptoms ... aortic aneurysm, arteritis ... • Gummatous • Nodular ... Late Latent: • Positive
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
M • Clinical Manifestations ... Constitutional symptoms ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... Anti-histone - Positive ... constitutional symptoms
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... - 2020 ACR-EULAR ... points Duration of symptoms ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #diagnosis #EULAR
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Conditions With Arteritis ... BP Giant cell arteritis ... yrs - Cranial symptoms ... Ulceration GI tract - Ocular ... #Differential #
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical manifestations ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Blurry Vision - Differential ... Iris 7. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... Trauma Cornea/Iris ... Uveitis Lens: • Cataracts
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
NMO) - Clinical Manifestations ... desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... complications (AQP4-positive ... #Optica #NMO #Manifestations ... diagnosis #neurology #symptoms
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Neurological Manifestations ... Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS ... previous neurologic symptoms ... #Neurological #Manifestations ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary and renal manifestations ... symptomatology Differential ... : - ANCA-positive ... erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... Renal #Syndrome #differential