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ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Tissue Disease: RA, Scleroderma ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Limited - CREST:
 • Calcinosis
 • Raynaud phenomenon
 • Esophageal dysmotility
 • Sclerodactyly
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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma ... 10% - 15% • Scleroderma ... Systemic #Sclerosis #Scleroderma
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma ... systemic sclerosis/scleroderma ... systemic sclerosis/scleroderma ... Systemic sclerosis/scleroderma
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Collagen vascular - Scleroderma ... #Differential #Causes
Sclerodactyly: Diffuse thickening of the skin on the hands, in this case due to Scleroderma. 
Note
hands, in this case ... due to Scleroderma ... Sclerodactyly #Scleroderma
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
lungdisease #ILD #systemicsclerosis
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Polyarteritis nodosa • Scleroderma ... renal crises ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Causes of Constipation ... failure • Others: Scleroderma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma ... 3 Subtypes of Scleroderma ... Sclerosis sine scleroderma ... HTN) • Renal: scleroderma ... Systemic #Sclerosis #Scleroderma