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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
(SLE) General: Fever ... syndromes Heart (25%): Pericarditis ... ) Blood (75%): Anemia ... SLE #systemic #erythematosus ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... arthritis • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... Metabolic: • Uremia
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
4) Always with pericarditis ... sometimes « viral pericarditis ... 9) Unexplained fever ... #system #erythematosus ... #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Asymptomatic pericarditis ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... ) Uremia Postcardiac ... syndrome Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... #Causes #Pericarditis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
erythematosus ... with leukopenia, anemia ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Rheumatology