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Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Non-Malignant • Amyloidosis ... • Gaucher's Disease ... myelofibrosis) Inflammatory ... Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Seronegative Inflammatory ... Systemic Rheumatic Disease ... Systemic Lupus Erythematous ... , Inflammatory Myopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
infection • Lyme disease ... Vesicopustule on erythematous ... Scleroderma • Amyloidosis ... Discoid lupus erythematosus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
(SLE) Clinical ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... , PRES Pathophysiology ... Treatment: • Inflammatory ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
arteritis - Inflammatory ... - Kawasaki disease ... and infectious diseases ... systemic lupus erythematosus ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Congenital Diseases ... • Lymphoma Inflammatory ... and Autoimmune Diseases ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
likely it will be clinically ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... Drug-Induced, Inflammatory ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... photosensitivity, inflammatory ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
(AA) → Chronic Inflammatory ... Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... Clinical Manifestations ... • Circulating inflammatory
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
release of pro-inflammatory ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... #Rheumatology