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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... Cranial nerve lesions ... Demyelinating syndromes ... , Aortic valve lesions ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
• Urogenital Lesions ... ) • Cutaneous Lesions ... 75%): acneiform lesions ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Joint Pain Rash ... infection Malar rash ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... Discoid skin lesions ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
vasculitis Skin lesions ... • Painful skin lesions ... Papulo-necrotic lesions ... reticularis • Necrotic lesions ... gangrene Skin lesions
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... for refractory lesions ... or refractory lesions ... #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
patients Skin lesions ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Conjunctival Pigmented Lesions: Diagnosis and Management
Pigmented lesions that arise from the conjunctiva include nevus, complexion-associated melanosis
Conjunctival Pigmented Lesions ... Pigmented lesions ... number of other lesions ... CAM #Melanosis #Comparison ... #Table
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
NPSLE rare, Malar rash ... Manifestations: Malar rash ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Rash is usually ... Fever + facial rash ... classic targetoid lesions ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
evidence of (fatigue, rash ... Photosensitive rash ... papulosquamous lesions ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology