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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... RA: rheumatoid arthritis ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Comparison ... Table #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
weakness, less systemic ... symptoms, and less ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... myositis, and arthritis ... #rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features of Systemic ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... , AS Treatment: ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
context of other symptoms ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... , Sjögren Syndrome ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Episcleritis Signs and Symptoms ... development of skin symptoms ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Metabolic syndrome ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison ... #rheumatology # ... Diagnosis