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Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
vasculitis ... (e.g. uveitis, retinal ... vasculitis) • ... , medium-large joints ... #criteria #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... disease, and ocular ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... to exclude are infections ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... Differential Diagnosis ... vesicular eruption • Joints ... Palpable purpura, joint ... #Rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Cytoid bodies (retinal ... Bacterial or viral infection ... Lyme disease, Vasculitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Pericarditis • Ocular ... Iridocyclitis - Retinal ... vasculitis - ... - Joint swelling ... cefotaxime or PCN
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Scleromyxedema (CNS+GI+CVS+joints ... Autoimmunity: • -MM/WM: Vasculitis ... Vasculitis) Autoantibodies ... vascular beds-renal, retinal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Arthritis: • Joint ... Renal artery or vein ... #Rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
malignancies, vasculitis ... Malignancy • Infections ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... emboli, and ocular ... thrombi including retinal
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ocular: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Episcleritis, Scleritis, Scleromalacia perforans
 • Pulmonary:
and Symptoms • Ocular ... Scleromalacia perforans • Pulmonary ... Musculoskeletal: Joint ... Signs #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... muscle aches, joint ... : • Pulmonary ( ... , ocular, or disseminated