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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
Erythematosus (SLE ... Erythematosus #SLE ... Musculoskeletal #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
- Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Erythematosus #SLE ... Gastrointestinal #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous ... Phenomenon #Lupus #SLE ... Manifestations #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... spine Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... #MSK #pathophysiology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
GI - Felty syndrome ... - SLE Neurologic ... arthritis ENT • Oral ... syndrome, Reactive ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... aphthae : SLE, ... • Arthritis: SLE ... #rheumatology #
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
sedimentation rate + Normal ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... vein thrombosis Hematologic ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... flares • CRP normal
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
to be falsely normal ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology ... #endocrinology
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
of secretions normally ... resolve by 72 hours Complications ... seizures, abscess (see ... #OtitisMedia #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms