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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features of Systemic ... defect (rare) Raynaud's ... Demyelinating syndromes ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
block • Sjogren syndrome ... Anti-UI-ribonucleoprotein - 35% • Raynaud ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... - Diagnosis Diagnostic ... disease: Uveitis or retinal ... (e.g. uveitis, retinal ... #criteria #rheumatology
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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Susac Syndrome - ... Central nervous system ... dysfunction - Branch retinal ... SusacSyndrome #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... ulceration • Ocular ... disease (panuveitis, retinal ... : Giant retinal ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
processes: • Systemic ... Arthralgias • Raynaud ... thrombi including retinal ... #rheumatology # ... hematology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
neuropathy) • Systemic ... Hypergammaglobulinemic macular ... vascular beds-renal, retinal ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hodgkin ... site in lymphatic system ... with lymphatic system ... pathophysiology #Hematology
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
antibodies and Systemic ... with MCTD and Raynaud's ... SLE-SSc-AlM overlap syndromes ... erythematosus #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Cytoid bodies (retinal ... Neurologic system ... Genitourinary system ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology