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Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr. Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference

#Renal #diseases #SLE #Systemic #Lupus #Erythematosus #venn #nephrology
Erythematosus ... Lupusreference #Renal #diseases ... #venn #nephrology ... #nephritis #classification ... #types #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... Interstitial Nephritis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
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 ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #rheumatology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of glomerular disease ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... post-infectious GN ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Cogan syndrome • Acute ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Systemic Lupus ... Erythematosus ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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rapidly progressing GN ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... such as systemic lupus ... erythematosus, ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Secondary Causes of Hyperlipidemia
Nunerous secondary causes of hyperlipidemia exist; screening for the presence of these underlying
Glycogen storage disease ... hepatitis, Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... Hypothyroidism, Nephrotic ... Secondary #Causes #differential