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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... Demyelinating syndromes ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
lupus erythematosus ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... (SLE) - Diagnosis ... Manifestations: Malar rash ... life-threatening • Treatment ... #Summary #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Manifestations of Systemic ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... permeability Diagnosis ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology ... #cerebritis #diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... severe disease Treatment ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Autoimmune Diseases: • Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... #Hematology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
the wrists and fingers ... everywhere) 2) A rash ... #diagnosis #sle ... #clues #system ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Causes of Hypocomplementemia - CHAMPS Mnemonic
C - Cryoglobulinemia (85%), C3 glomerulopathy, cirrhosis
H - Heavy Chain deposition
antiphospholipid syndrome ... glomerulonephritis (>90%) S - Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... CHAMPS #Mnemonic #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
weakness, less systemic ... can present with rash ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... after 2 years of treatment ... #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... lesions • Discoid lupus ... Sarcoidosis #dermatology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology