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Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

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

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Inflammatory and ... Autoimmune Diseases: • Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... Cytomegalovirus • Epstein-Barr
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Manifestations of Systemic ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology #
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... central nervous system ... treatment can prevent ... • Systemic lupus ... #neurology #inflammatory
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... Antinuclear (ANA ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... severe disease Treatment ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
clubbing Clarkson/Systemic ... neuropathy) • Systemic ... lymphoma Multi-System ... to cold IgG • Lupus ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology
NPSLE - Neurological and Psychiatric Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
 • Central: Aseptic meningitis, Cerebrovascular disease,
- Neurological and ... Manifestations of Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Peripheral: Guillain-Barre ... #SLE #rheumatology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Rheumatology
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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venereum, primary and ... mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr ... arthritis, Sjögren syndrome ... Still disease, systemic ... lupus erythematosus
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
A and B Echovirus ... Epstein-Barr ... Postpericardiotomy syndrorne ... Scleroderma Sjögren syndrome ... Systemic lupus