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ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
Associated Rheumatic Diseases ... lupus erythematosus ... connective tissue disease ... lupus erythematosus ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... Diagnosis and Lupus ... auto-immune, Infectious diseases ... sclerosis, Still's disease ... #Diagnosis #autoantibodies
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #differential
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
- Kawasaki disease ... infectious diseases ... lupus erythematosus ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Lupus (SLE): ANA ... others (RNP, aPL antibodies ... • Scleroderma (Systemic ... Ill • ANCA Vasculitis ... diagnosis #associations
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... tissue disease ... diseases (i.e. ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
less common diseases ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease ... • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet disease
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Autoantibodies and ... their Disease Associations ... ANA - Non-specific ... c-ANCA - Vasculitis ... antibodies
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
) • Systemic lupus ... connective tissue disease ... 90% • Anti-GBM disease ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #diseases
Small Vessel Vasculitides
 • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Granulomatous manifestations (e.g., nasal crusting, destructive sinusitis, pulmonary
Interstitial lung disease ... lupus erythematosus ... syndrome • IgA ... #vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis