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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Brown—Séquard syndrome ... spinothalamic (pain ... Polyneuropathy: distal ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #BrownSequard #Bilaterality
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... Loss of sensation distal ... arthritis - SLE - Behcet ... #msk #physicalexam
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... - SLE Neurologic ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Moderate orbital pain ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... Sensitivity to pain ... VEP’s: EEG of visual ... #management #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
claudication, visual ... affects the skin, neurologic ... tract: Abdominal pain ... vasculitis • Behcet ... #Rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... anterior chest wall, parts ... osteoarticular and skin disease ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... disease - SLE ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology