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Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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- Interstitial lung ... disease - Gastrointestinal ... tract - Cardiac disease ... Dermatomyositis #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... Clinical history ... pseudotumor 4 phenotypes ... biliary, renal, lung ... #treatment #rheumatology
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
- Diagnosis Diagnostic ... test Most Common Clinical ... arterial aneurysms) Phenotypes ... #disease #Diagnosis ... #criteria #rheumatology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung ... diseases LIP ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... Table #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome ... Scleritis, Heart Disease ... Arthritis #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... signs #symptoms
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
auricular papules Clinical ... severity of the disease ... anti-NXP2 Abs Lung ... Dermatomyositis #rheumatology ... #dermatology #diagnosis
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
Clinical manifestations ... pancreatitis Lungs ... : Acute lung injury ... liver #failure #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
- Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... : EGPA, Horton Disease ... , Takayasu Disease ... - Metastatic: Lung
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
disease with infiltrates ... sarcoid Lofgren Syndrome ... polyarthralgias Heerfordt syndrome ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Stages #Staging #Signs