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Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• IgA vasculitis ... Hypersensitivity vasculitis ... • Vasculitis ... #rheumatology # ... vasculitis
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology ... • Lupus (SLE): ... others (RNP, aPL antibodies ... Polymerase Ill • ANCA Vasculitis ... Autoantibodies #Rheumatology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
their Disease Associations ... disease c-ANCA - Vasculitis ... granulomatosis p-ANCA - Vasculitis ... diagnosis #table #rheumatology ... #antibodies
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
C-ANCA) pattern: antibodies ... , and SLE) • Urinalysis ... Serologies for Cryoglobulins ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #classification
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
) • Systemic lupus ... in drug-induced SLE ... ANCA-Associated Vasculitis ... Renal-limited vasculitis ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... ANCA-associated vasculitis ... • Mesenteric vasculitis ... inflammation Cutaneous Vasculitis ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... : 2% Systemic Vasculitis ... #Rheumatology #
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
including systemic lupus ... erythematosus (SLE ... ANCA-associated vasculitis ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology