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SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Erythematosus) ... erythematosus ( ... erythematosus ( ... • Erythematous ... erythematosus (
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
treatment can prevent ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet ... differential #diagnosis
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
of Lumbar Spine and ... psoriasis (7-30%) • Inflammatory ... Erythematosus ( ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus ( ... SLE) Clinical ... : • Inflammatory ... #Erythematosus ... #SLE #CNS #neurology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
context of other symptoms ... likely it will be clinically ... erythematosus ( ... erythematosus ( ... erythematosus (
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... Erythematosus ( ... Lupusreference #druginduced
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
erythematosus ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... erythematosus [ ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Disease (25-75%): Inflammatory ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... disease) Differential ... , AS Treatment: ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
ischemia - Skin: erythematous ... mucositis - Rash ... VASCULITIS: • Behçet ... erythematosus, ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... NPSLE rare, Malar rash ... #Lupus #DIL #rheumatology ... #management