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

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... and less common diseases ... • Systemic lupus ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... #Syndromes #neurology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Antinuclear Antibodies ... tissue disease ... (SLE), Systemic ... : Lupus (SLE), Systemic ... Drug-Induced, Inflammatory
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
of Systemic Lupus ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... Treatment: • Inflammatory ... #SLE #CNS #neurology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Decade Skin Disease ... (e.g. thyroid disease ... ) • Kikuchi disease ... #Systemic #Lupus
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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pain • Kawasaki Disease ... (Granulomatous disease ... rheumatic diseases ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
multisystemic disease ... associated with other diseases ... disease, myelopathy ... peripheral Thyroid Disease ... Tracheobronchial disease
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
rheumatic diseases ... disease, drug reactions ... most important diseases ... (GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE ... HBV Kawasaki Disease
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... (SLE) - Antinuclear ... disease (e.g., ... connective-tissue disease ... #Rheumatic #Disease
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Inflammatory: ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... - SLE, Scleroderma ... , Systemic sclerosis ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... super-antigen mediated disease ... Pallidum - Lyme Disease ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... diagnosis #management #neurology