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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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auto-immune, Infectious diseases ... sclerosis, Still's disease ... autoantibodies #signs ... #symptoms #mimickers ... #differential #rheumatology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Features of Systemic Lupus ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... , Hypotension, shock ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... sle #comparison #table ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... Signs and symptoms ... lesions) McDonald diagnostic ... #management #neurology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... , signs, and complications ... von Willebrand disease ... #Management #Summary ... #treatment #hematology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
and Management ... caucasian • Symptoms ... Unilateral • Signs ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... skin (16-32%): lupus ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Management #Signs
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... : HLH signs and ... symptoms can mimic ... #management #treatment ... #hematology