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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Disease: Systemic Lupus ... Erythematous, Systemic ... Undifferentiated UCSD ... #Arthritis #arthritides ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... arthritis, weight ... vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis ... lung syndrome Arthritis ... Symptoms limited to: Arthritis
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
EULAR/ACR Classification ... Erythematosus ... • Arthritis domain ... #Criteria #SLE ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... scleroderma), Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... Drug-Induced, Inflammatory ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Examples: Rheumatoid arthritis ... glomerulonephritis, Systemic lupus ... erythematosus Type ... Examples: Contact dermatitis ... #classification
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
vs SLE Drug Induced ... Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... Erythematosus ( ... management of SLE ... #table #rheumatology
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
glomerulonephritis, rheumatoid arthritis ... , and systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... - Contact dermatitis ... Diagnosis #Reactions #Table
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... erythematosus ... juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... erythematosus [ ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Diseases • Septic arthritis ... Arthritis: • ... when rheumatoid arthritis ... diagnosis of reactive arthritis ... Disease #Rheumatoid #Arthritis
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
arthralgia, and arthritis ... (e.g. systemic lupus ... erythematosus ( ... arthritis, Sjögren's ... #rheumatology #