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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... for refractory disease ... refractory lesions • Derm ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) Syndrome
Clinical Syndrome:
 • Common Clinical Features: alveolitis, ear and
Clinical Syndrome ... Features: alveolitis, ear ... thromboembolic disease ... myelodysplastic syndrome ... myeloid cells NEJM
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome ... Giant retinal tears ... #diagnosis #management
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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Susac Syndrome - ... - Recurrent disease ... flares - 2-year ... David #Susac #Syndrome ... Triad #Diagnosis #Management
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Diagnosis and Management ... or metastatic disease ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... , infiltrative diseases ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Injury (AKI) - Management ... • Hepatorenal syndrome ... underlying liver disease ... the underlying disease ... straight cath or long-term
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... meningovascular disease ... Coronary artery disease ... Late latent >1 year ... stages #diagnosis #management
Madelung’s Disease - The patient was found to have Madelung’s disease, also known as benign symmetric
Madelung’s Disease ... Launois–Bensaude syndrome ... Madelung’s disease ... #Clinical #Derm ... LaunoisBensaude #NEJM
Sweet’s Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis - A 52-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented
Sweet’s Syndrome ... Arthritis - A 52-year-old ... #Clinical #Derm ... SweetSyndrome #Sweet #Syndrome ... NeutrophilicInfiltration #NEJM
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... SLE • Mikulicz syndrome ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... #Sjogrens #Syndrome ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management