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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
the pancreas, Vasculitis ... - Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Erythematosus #SLE ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Disease: Discoid lupus ... , Loose anagen syndrome ... Examination: • Signs
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
• Systemic lupus ... polychondritis • Behcet ... ANCA-associated vasculitides ... #inflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous ... areas -> Scaring alopecia ... Livedo Reticularis, Vasculitis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Diagnosis Framework ... arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome ... polychondritis, Behcet's ... (RA), Systemic lupus ... erythematosus (SLE
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... , alopecia, paraesthesiae ... Vitamins #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
disease) Differential ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... • Arthritis: SLE ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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: • Behçet Syndrome ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign ... , and SLE) • Urinalysis ... differential #diagnosis
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
(SLE) General: ... Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... and permanent alopecia ... Differential ... • Nonscarring alopecia ... : • Symptoms limited