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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
Connective tissue disease-associated ... interstitial lung diseases ... SLE : systemic lupus ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr. Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference

#Renal #diseases #SLE #Systemic #Lupus #Erythematosus #venn #nephrology
Involvement in Systemic Lupus ... Lupusreference #Renal #diseases ... SLE #Systemic #Lupus ... classification #types #rheumatology
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
Associated Rheumatic Diseases ... Homogeneous: Systemic lupus ... connective tissue disease ... , Drug-induced Lupus ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... involvement: Anti-GBM Disease ... diagnosis #algorithm #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
, Drug-induced Lupus ... Speckled: Systemic lupus ... : Lupus (SLE), Systemic ... , Drug-Induced Lupus ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Glomerulonephritides (GN ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Due to systemic disease ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
selected glomerular diseases ... /nephritis • Lupus ... Post-infectious GN ... • Membranous GN ... pathology #comparison #table
I’M DAMN SHARP - Lupus Diagnosis Mnemonic
I  	 Immunoglobulins (Anti-dsDNA, Anti-Sm, Anti-phospholipid)
M 	 Malar Rash
D
M DAMN SHARP - Lupus ... Arthritis R Renal Disease ... sle #systemic #lupus ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Association with disease ... Farr assay) and lupus ... with auto-immune diseases ... erythematosus #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #table #ANA
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
• Heavy Chain disease ... -C3 GN • Cast ... to cold IgG • Lupus ... Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology