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SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus ( ... SLE) Clinical ... permeability Diagnosis ... #Erythematosus ... #SLE #CNS #neurology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... (SLE) - Diagnosis ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... life-threatening • Treatment ... #Erythematosus
SLICC SLE Diagnostic Criteria - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical and Immunologic Criteria

CLINICAL CRITERIA
 - ACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS
SLICC SLE Diagnostic ... Erythematosus Clinical ... Immunologic Criteria CLINICAL ... SEROSITIS - RENAL - NEUROLOGIC ... #Lupus #Erythematosus
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Can also be measured ... 40% Target: SS-A/Ro ... is clinically suspected ... #erythematosus ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
Erythematosus ... Clinical Domains ... least 2 joints • Neurologic ... Classification #Criteria #SLE ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
clinically significant ... erythematosus ( ... erythematosus ( ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and treatment can ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Erythematosus ( ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... life-threatening • Treatment ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... diagnosis. ... migrans (EM), an erythematous ... Treatment is doxycycline ... carditis, meningitis (see