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Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr. Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference

#Renal #diseases #SLE #Systemic #Lupus #Erythematosus #venn #nephrology
Erythematosus ... Lupusreference #Renal #diseases ... #SLE #Systemic ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #venn #nephrology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... with more severe disease ... Used to monitor disease ... with more severe disease ... #rheumatology #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Decade Skin Disease ... rheumatologic diseases ... (e.g. thyroid disease ... ) • Kikuchi disease
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus ( ... SLE) Clinical ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... #SLE #CNS #neurology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... and Management ... , oral ulcers, Lupus ... : Chronic disease ... #Erythematosus
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease ... erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
Lupus Nephritis ... approach to kidney disease ... erythematosus ( ... Non-LN Kidney Disease ... #nephrology #biopsy
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
vs SLE Drug Induced ... Erythematosus ( ... Usual therapeutic management ... : Chronic disease ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
during hemolytic disease ... Complement activation ... , and systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... - Contact dermatitis