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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Manifestations: Malar rash ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... #Systemic #Erythematosus
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... Lupus - with Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... like “butterfly rash
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... of Systemic Lupus ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... Demyelinating syndromes ... Thrombocytopenia #Lupus
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... polyangiitis) - ANCA-negative ... Immune Complex: Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... #differential #
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
lupus erythematosus ... Clinical Presentation ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... lupus erythematosus ... #Diagnosis #Management
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
likely it will be clinically ... lupus erythematosus ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... Arthritis, Sjögren Syndrome ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... NPSLE rare, Malar rash ... months to years) Systemic ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... ) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Clinical Features ... Neuropsychiatric systemic
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Manifestations of Systemic ... (SLE) Clinical ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... RheumOnePagers) #Systemic ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
antibodies and Systemic ... -15% If SLE is clinically ... SLE-SSc-AlM overlap syndromes ... Negative association ... autoantibodies #Systemic