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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 ... CNS symptoms (headache ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #rheumatology #
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... Alcohol-induced pain ... : Pain in involved ... Malignancies (eg CML
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... (at least 1-2 cm ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... and duration of symptoms ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
assay (IFA) is the main ... Using fluorescence ... context of other symptoms ... likely it will be clinically ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... : • Joint pain ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... titers > 1:80 • CBC
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
, or with pain in ... the back or leg during ... location of the symptoms ... Rectus #Femoris #clinical ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
, or with pain in ... the back or leg during ... location of the symptoms ... Rectus #Femoris #clinical ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Meningitis, septic arthritis