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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Erythematosus ( ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash ... #arthropathy #arthropathies
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
diagnosis and treatment ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... Manifestations: - Arthritis ... 69% - Malar rash ... #Erythematosus ... autoantibodies #signs #symptoms
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 (
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
IgA-associated vasculitis, Behcet ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... erythematosus, ... Rheumatoid arthritis ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... SLE #systemic #erythematosus ... #signs #symptoms
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... Erythematosus ( ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... Lupusreference #druginduced
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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/VASCULITIS - Behcet ... Lupus Erythematosus ... syndrome (bulbar symptoms ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... syndrome (Clinical ... disease) Differential ... , AS Treatment: