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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... /agitation • CNS ... Renal: • Acute GN ... Vasculitis • Lupus ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
-C3 GN • Cast ... Scleromyxedema (CNS ... to cold IgG • Lupus ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Oncology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... autoantibodies that will cause ... (for secondary APS ... #neurology #rheumatology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Systemic lupus ... nervous system (CNS ... SJIA], systemic lupus ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Rapidly progressing GN ... • Pauci immune GN ... tract, and often causes ... chorioretinitis, CNS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
involvement • 30%: CNS ... : Blast crises ... leukostasis syndrome: CNS ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
rapidly progressing GN ... tract, and often causes ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... systemic lupus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... Membranoproliferative GN ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
and petechiae Causes ... to repair DNA, as ... Aplastic #Anemia #oncology ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #management
TAFRO

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

TAFRO syndrome
TAFRO syndrome as ... including systemic lupus ... histopathologic changes in LNs ... TAFRO #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology #