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Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Warm Antibody Autoimmune ... Hemolytic Anemia 1) ... • Blood smear: Differential ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
- Definition, Causes ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada, IBD ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology ... #Rheumatology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... this should be 1° ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD ... phenomenon - EJ, Jo-1, ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... Prothrombin Time (PT) 1. ... FVIII antibody ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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Antinuclear Antibody ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD ... phenomenon • EJ, Jo-1, ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... lasting > 30 mins - 1 ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Joint #pain #Differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
varying degrees of: 1. ... - Pleocytosis: Mild ... sclerosis, NMOSD, MOG antibody ... glycoprotein (MOG) antibody ... management #neurology #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... mg per day or 1 ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Acute lupus pneumonitis ... • ANA titers > 1: ... Ro/La, anti-Jo-1,