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SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
sedimentation rate + Normal ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Joint pain ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... - Recurrent oral ... systemic lupus erythematosus ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... retinopathy Lab
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... Relapsing, bilateral, erythematous ... the following symptoms ... gland tumor Clues ... • Associated symptoms
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... Endocarditis, Aortic valve ... lesions Abdominal pain ... #signs #symptoms
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
strength & enzymes normal ... ischemia • Skin: Erythematous ... tract: Abdominal pain ... • Progressive symptoms ... tract, and often causes
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... management #signs #symptoms
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... burning sensation or pain ... • Ulcerated, erythematous ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Giant cell arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... or sed rate): Value ... = vasculitis vs ... 50 in GCA, but normal ... values increase
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
of the Hip • Arthritis ... Sacroiliac Joint Pain ... • Valgus position ... #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #msk
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • "Flu-like", Valley ... papules, pustules, erythematous ... Constitutional symptoms ... factor • May cause