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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment ... Ulcers: • Treatment ... refractory lesions Ocular ... #management #pharmacology ... #rheumatology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... caused by the protozoan ... Vector-borne (most ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Chronic lung disease ... status NTM Cause ... infections • Nodular ... NTM Pearls: • Corneal ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Increased Serum Copper ... number of sites of disease ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rule out other causes ... and lower jaw Treatment ... osteoarticular and skin disease ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
chondritis • Ocular ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet disease ... affected tissue Treatment ... Polychondritis #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... extrapulmonary disease ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management