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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... and treatment can ... • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... #Syndromes #neurology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- (Reiter’s syndrome ... Lupus - with Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
• +ANA can be seen ... lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Erythematosus) ... erythematosus ( ... lupus erythematosus ... #Lupus #Erythematosus
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
vasculitis, Behcet ... lupus erythematosus ... , Rheumatoid arthritis ... , anti-GBM ab, ANA ... diagnosis #nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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ischemia - Skin: erythematous ... : • Behçet Syndrome ... Diagnosis: Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... syndrome (Clinical ... disease) Differential ... , AS Treatment: ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
, Arthritis, myalgia ... months to years) Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Lupusreference #druginduced ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... ischemia • Skin: Erythematous ... , mucositis • Rash ... • Behcet syndrome