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CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
of Systemic Lupus ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #rheumatology # ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
central nervous system ... (CNS) involvement ... Sjögren syndrome • Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... polychondritis • Behcet
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
central nervous system ... - systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... syndrome - Behcet ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... • MCTD (SLE/systemic ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... sclerosis, Still's disease ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... autoantibodies #signs ... #differential #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... Diagnosis and Management ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #Systemic #Erythematosus ... #Summary #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... lupus erythematosus ... and CNS • Headache ... #Lupus #Erythematosus
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... #erythematosus # ... signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Systemic lupus ... (CNS) dysfunction ... lupus erythematosus ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
polychondritis, Behcet's ... Disease, Polyarteritis ... Arthritis (RA), Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology