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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- (Reiter’s syndrome ... Lupus - with Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
diagnosis and treatment ... • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet ... #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
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... of Systemic Lupus ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... #erythematosus # ... 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 ... lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
IgA-associated vasculitis, Behcet ... lupus erythematosus ... , Rheumatoid arthritis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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/VASCULITIS - Behcet ... Disease - Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... (bulbar symptoms ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
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 ... months to years) Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Lupusreference #druginduced
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
lupus erythematosus ... Clinical Presentation ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... lupus erythematosus ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... syndrome (Clinical ... disease) Differential ... , AS Treatment: