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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... Thrombocytopenia #Lupus #SLE ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
non-Hodgkin lymphoma SLL ... with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... cells can indicate disease ... Scoring system:
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... #Systemic #Lupus ... autoantibodies #signs ... #symptoms #mimickers ... #differential #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Neurologic system ... Genitourinary system ... Musculoskeletal System ... Cardiovascular system ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
suspicion of severe disease ... guidelines General - Systemic ... splenomegaly, abnormal neurology ... disease Rheumatology ... #Limping #NWB #Algorithm
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome Systemic ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Epidemiology: -10% of all ... Constitutional symptoms ... months to years) Systemic ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... comparison #table #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... #Systemic #Lupus ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... /symptoms or echo ... conditions: Autoimmune (SLE ... features: Fever -, Systemic ... - Infectious Diseases
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
, neurologic, and ... sx + signs/sx of ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis