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Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... Discontinuation of causal ... life-threatening • Treatment ... comparison #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
(SLE) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... of SLE versus DIL ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Management #Summary #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
autoantibodies that will cause ... permeability Diagnosis ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology # ... cerebritis #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and treatment can ... Inflammatory causes ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... Neurosarcoidosis #BEE ... #Syndromes #neurology
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
Drug Induced Lupus ... constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... Discontinuation of causal ... #DIL #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... Male: Hb>16.5 g/dL ... Female: Hb>16.0 g/dL ... about secondary causes ... always a good idea
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
- Differential Diagnosis ... lupus anticoagulant ... discern these causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Hematology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
• A clinical diagnosis ... Rule out other causes ... lower jaw Treatment ... biologics reported to be ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... variably: On one hand ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... greater than 6 dL ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... #Management #Rheumatology