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Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Associations ANA ... common in SLE, autoimmune ... microsomal) - Autoimmune ... #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Diagnosis Table ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #hematology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology ... #Associations
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Causes and clinical associations ... Autoimmune diseases ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Inflammatory Myopathies
Dermatomyositis
 • Onset: Subacute
 • Pattern: Proximal
 • CK: Up to 50X ULN
 • Autoantibodies:
Anti-MDA5, anti-Mi ... exclusion Necrotizing Autoimmune ... Inflammatory #Myopathies #differential ... #rheumatology # ... table
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
well-described associations ... Classic association ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #dermatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... (also seen in association ... #differential #