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SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
3rd Decade Skin ... rash • Erythematous ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Seizures • Strokes Skin ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
arthritis - with the skin ... Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... (SLE), should have ... other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... NPSLE rare, Malar rash ... constitutional symptoms ... • Treatment: ... Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
weakness without skin ... systemic lupus erythematosus ... (SLE), polymyositis ... myopathy #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
rash in association ... Symptoms: • The ... Skin involvement ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials ... disease: symptomatic treatment
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
: erythematous nodules ... mucositis - Rash ... systemic lupus erythematosus ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... vasculitis, and SLE
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behcet disease) Differential ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
diseases, such as SLE ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... : Erythematous nodules ... , mucositis • Rash ... • Progressive symptoms