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

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet ... #Syndromes #neurology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... rashErythematous ... lymphoma • Evans' syndrome ... Shrinking lung syndrome ... lupus erythematosus
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... Syndrome (SS), ... lupus erythematosus ... : Lupus (SLE), Systemic
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
of Systemic Lupus ... Demyelinating syndromes ... #SLE #systemic ... #erythematosus # ... signs #symptoms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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ischemia - Skin: erythematous ... Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome ... : • Behçet Syndrome ... • Cogan Syndrome ... lupus erythematosus
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Antinuclear antibodies ... and Systemic lupus ... overlap syndromes ... #lupus #erythematosus ... #table #ANA
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 ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... ischemia • Skin: Erythematous ... Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome ... • Behcet syndrome ... • Cogan syndrome
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
TAFRO TAFRO syndrome ... lupus erythematosus ... (SLE), Sjögren’ ... vasculitis - Infectious ... #rheumatology #