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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... syndrome (Clinical ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #management #signs
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... High spike and rapid ... • Behcet disease ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... • Behcet's syndrome
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... w/differential diagnosis ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... Presentation: • Rapid ... Fever is the main clinical ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
cord resulting in rapid ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... disease - Sjogren ... #management #neurology