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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
(interstitial lung ... myositis overlap • Vascular ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #testing
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features of Systemic ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... rash) • Heart, lung ... Histopathologic criteria ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... : • Systemic emboli ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... #management #cardiology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... intrapulmonary vascular ... Criteria: • Underlying ... resolution of symptoms
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Still's Disease Systemic ... the chest/trunk Symptoms ... - Yamaguchi criteria ... A nonpruritic macular ... #rheumatology #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... : • Systemic emboli ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases