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Diagnostic Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - ACR and SLICC Criteria

#Diagnosis #Rheumatology #SLE #Lupus #Erythematosus #Criteria
Diagnostic Criteria ... Erythematosus - ... ACR and SLICC Criteria ... #SLE #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #Criteria #ACR
Lupus is diagnosed using clinical and laboratory diagnostic criteria set by the American College of Rheumatology.
Lupus is diagnosed ... A diagnosis of lupus ... (SLE) requires ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #Criteria #ACR
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
EULAR/ACR Classification ... Lupus Erythematosus ... #SLE #Systemic ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... thiazidic, PPI, ACE ... Erythematosus ( ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
erythematosus ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Histopathologic criteria ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
GBS), systemic lupus ... erythematosus ( ... SLE), polymyositis ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
Constitutional symptoms ... is rare in DIL, SCLE-DIL ... thiazidic, PPI, ACE ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #treatment #management
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
including systemic lupus ... erythematosus ( ... SLE), Sjögren’s ... and the systemic symptoms ... #management #rheumatology