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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Fever (50%), Depression ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... Erythematosus (SLE ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... weight loss, and fever ... : • Joint pain ... : • Symptoms limited ... to: Arthritis, Fever
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Systemic lupus ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... ) • Heart, lung ... SJIA], systemic lupus ... erythematosus [SLE
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
sudden onset of a rash ... - Rash: multiple ... inflammation of the joints ... and pain of the joints ... - Lupus - Leukemia
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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vesicular eruption - Joints ... mucositis - Rash ... systemic lupus ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... vasculitis, and SLE
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
SLE, atherosclerotic ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... , mucositis • Rash ... • Progressive symptoms ... Palpable purpura, joint
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... + Nonspecific symptoms ... : Fever, weight ... ear • Skin • Joints ... such as: • SLE
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
: • Gottron rash ... : Fever, joint pain ... • Misdiagnosed as ... but asymmetry may ... : • Fever • Interstitial