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Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... effusion, INC risk
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... nervous system (CNS ... an underlying autoimmune ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... • May involve PNS ... and CNS • Headache ... Thrombosis highest risk
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... /Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... Risk factors 3. ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... support for patients clinically ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk ... Immunosuppression • Autoimmune ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... nucleotidase 1A (Anti cN ... aspiration > 50% of pts ... statins - probably caused ... #differential #
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
low glucose) CNS ... Nausea & vomiting ... have a higher risk ... meningitis #T2 #MRI #Brain ... #clinical #radiology