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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Systemic Sclerosis ... distal to elbows/wrists ... and Symptoms: ... • Cardiac: myocardial ... #SSc #rheumatology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
central nervous system ... Sensitivity to pain ... Signs and symptoms ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome Systemic ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
interscapular pain ... with suspicious signs ... /symptoms allows ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... Sudden onset of pain ... keratitis, uveitis, scleritis ... vessel aneurysms • Cardiac ... Polychondritis #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... • Sclerosing mediastinitis ... has five major clinical ... , chest pain • ... Inhalation of spores