20 results
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
genital ulcers - Ocular ... erythema nodosum) • Ocular ... disease (e.g. uveitis ... neurological and ocular ... Diagnosis #criteria #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
for refractory disease ... refractory lesions Ocular ... disease: • Early ... Syndrome #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... spondyloarthritis • Ocular ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
cryoglobulin (CG ... pulmonary emboli, and ocular ... Diagnosis: • + Clinical ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... • Infection (eg ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... : ​• Miliar → Nodular ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Arthritis) - MSK Radiology ... diffuse chondral disease ... Tendon Sheath - Nodular ... #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... Lumbar Puncture, EEG ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Ground-glass opacities • Nodules ... and M panel Management ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management