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Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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- Heliotrope sign ... or shawl sign ... - Gottron's sign ... scale - Holster sign ... - Inflammatory polyarthritis
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
, weight loss, polyarthritis ... Diagnosis #Symptoms #Signs
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
oligoarthritis, polyarthritis ... noninflammatory Signs ... spondyloarthritis POLYARTHRITIS ... Chronic Inflammatory Polyarthritis ... Oligoarthritis #Polyarthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Symmetric polyarthritis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Polyarteritis Nodosa ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis ... knees, shoulders Signs
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Typhoid fever • Polyarteritis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Diseases: • Polyarteritis
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
DM, Vasculitis-polyarteritis ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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VASCULITIS: • Polyarteritis ... purpura: strong sign ... EGPA, microscopic polyarteritis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
fever, migratory polyarthritis ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs