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Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Antinuclear Antibodies ... or Anti-NucIear Antibody ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Antinuclear ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and treatment can ... encephalomyelitis • MOG antibody-associated ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... body-like: - Neurologic ... #Antibody #Testing ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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Antinuclear Antibody ... body-like: • Neurologic ... #Antibody #Testing ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... erythematosus (SLE) - Antinuclear ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
IBD, Whipple's disease ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... Antiphospholipid-antibody ... #joint #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
sclerosis, NMOSD, MOG antibody ... glycoprotein (MOG) antibody ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #differential