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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Systemic Rheumatic Disease ... : Systemic Lupus ... Sclerosis, Sjogren's Disease ... Sarcoidosis, Still's Disease ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
GCA), Takayasu's arteritis ... ) • Rheumatic Diseases ... : IgG4-Related Disease ... (RA), Systemic lupus ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Inflammatory: Lupus ... , Crohn Disease ... , IgG4 Disease, ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... . autoimmune): Lupus ... , Rheumatoid arthritis ... Vasculitis (Temporal arteritis ... vasculitis to cause
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
Associated Rheumatic Diseases ... connective tissue disease ... , Drug-induced Lupus ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
I’M DAMN SHARP - Lupus Diagnosis Mnemonic
I  	 Immunoglobulins (Anti-dsDNA, Anti-Sm, Anti-phospholipid)
M 	 Malar Rash
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M DAMN SHARP - Lupus ... cytopenias) A Arthritis ... R Renal Disease ... sle #systemic #lupus ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
, Drug-induced Lupus ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... scleroderma), Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis - ACR 2021 Guidelines
 - Low Disease Activity
 - Moderate to High Disease Activity
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Guidelines - Low Disease ... Moderate to High Disease ... ACR2021 #Guidelines #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
large vessels - Arteritis ... temporalis (giant-cell arteritis ... - Takayasu arteritis ... - systemic lupus ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... involvement: Anti-GBM Disease ... diagnosis #algorithm #rheumatology