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Aortic Atheroma on Suprasternal Notch View

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Aortic #Atheroma #Suprasternal #Notch #ssn #echocardiogram #pocus
Aortic Atheroma ... Ivan_Echocardio #Aortic #Atheroma ... Suprasternal #Notch #ssn
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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, PM/SSc OS, MCTD ... -52 (Ro52), SSA- ... 60 (Ro60), SSB ( ... , PBC/SSc OS ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA ... ) and Anti-La (SSB ... Syndrome: Anti-Ro (SSA ... ), Anti-La (SSB) ... Systemic Sclerosis, SSc
Suprasternal notch (SSN) window of the aorta on POCUS

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#Suprasternal #notch #window #View #aorta
Suprasternal notch (SSN ... POCUS #anatomy #SSN
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
Sjogren's Syndrome (SS ... or scleroderma (SSc ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
lupus (90%) Anti-SSA ... 30-40% Target: SS-A ... Sjogren Anti-SSB ... Associated with SLE-SSc-AlM
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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60-70% - Anti-SSA ... 30-40% - Anti-SSB ... (aPL) 30-45% Differential ... symptoms #mimickers #differential
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Suprasternal Notch (SSN ... View (A3C) • SSN
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
, PM/SSc OS, MCTD ... -52 (Ro52), SSA- ... 60 (Ro60), SSB ( ... , PBC/SSc OS • ... Nuclear #Patterns #differential
Causes of Ovarian Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperplastic:
 • Polycystic ovary
 • Endometrioid cyst
Functional:
 • Follicular
Ovarian Mass - Differential ... • Fibroma • Thecoma ... #Ovary #Mass #Differential