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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 ... - CRP: Usually normal ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... life-threatening • Treatment ... #Summary #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
- CRP: Usually normal ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Usual therapeutic management ... comparison #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
applied to the normal ... reduction of hip dislocation ... deformity of hip and knee ... Used acutely in management ... employed in the treatment
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
CRP - Usually normal ... Discontinuation of causal ... #DIL #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
(thick yellow blisters ... Rule out other causes ... and lower jaw Treatment ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... Gout #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management