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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
central nervous system ... Inflammatory causes ... • Systemic lupus ... ANCA-associated vasculitides ... #neurology #inflammatory
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Mechanisms (Principally Vasculitis ... • IgA vasculitis ... Hypersensitivity vasculitis ... • Vasculitis ... #rheumatology #vasculitis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... as systemic lupus ... purpura: strong sign ... , and SLE) • Urinalysis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... as SLE, atherosclerotic ... purpura: Strong sign ... affects the skin, neurologic ... tract, and often causes
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... Toxoplasmosis AUTOIMMUNE/VASCULITIS ... - Systemic Lupus ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Tumor lysis syndrome ... • Addison’s disease ... • Type IV RTA ... #causes #potassium ... #high #nephrology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
disease. ... Episcleritis Signs ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... such as certain types ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Tumor lysis syndrome ... • Addison’s disease ... • Type IV RTA ... #causes #potassium ... #high #nephrology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... renal tubular acidosis ... Vasculitis: •
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Acidosis B. ... : syßtemic lupus ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis