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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... heart block • Sjogren ... Treatment: • ... diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... lupus erythematosus ... - Behcet ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Demyelinating syndromes ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... #systemic #erythematosus ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... , PRES Pathophysiology ... #rheumatology # ... #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... Systemic disease ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Classification: ... , macular, patchy ... dermatomyositis, Sjogren ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
erythematosus ... [SLE], AOSD) • ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... overlaps with RA, SLE ... Syndrome Diagnosis ... #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• Autoimmune diseases ... : - 10% SLE or ... lupus erythematosus ... #types #classification ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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VASCULITIS: • Behçet ... purpura: strong sign ... vasculitis, and SLE ... #rheumatology # ... classification