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Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Effusion #Differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... fraction < 20% Differential ... , DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... nodules, joint effusions ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Behcet disease) Differential ... , AS Treatment: ... #rheumatology #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... effusion) • PFTs ... or serologies + symptoms ... #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Lungs: • Pleural effusions ... Serositis: • Pleural/pericardial ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... #Rheumatology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... HoTN, edema and effusions ... : >3 symptoms, or ... initiation • Differential ... Renal Failure Treatment
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... • Nonerosive arthritis ... • Pericarditis/Pericardial ... weakness • Severe cardiac ... #differential #