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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome ... - Monoclonal - Lymphoid ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Antinuclear Antibodies ... context of other symptoms ... clinically significant ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... - Clinical Presentation ... Treponema Pallidum - Lyme ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
ab • RF • Antinuclear ... salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(Clinical Dx). ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Ischemia, Leukemia, Lymphoma ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology #
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
- Clinical Presentation ... ingestion • B symptoms ... number of sites of disease ... #hematology #oncology ... #management
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
, Lyme disease, ... Pathophysiology ... and the systemic symptoms ... is thought to be ... #management #rheumatology