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Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous ... Manifestations ... cytokines -> localized inflammatory ... Mucocutaneous #Manifestations ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
Mixed Urinary Incontinence ... Urgency Urinary Incontinence ... (neurogenic), inflammation ... Pathophysiology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Urology
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
joint disease Inflammatory ... Swollen Joints • Inflammation ... Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus ... Extra-articular manifestations ... mild synovial inflammation
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Extra-articular Manifestations ... photophobia • GI - Inflammatory ... endoscopy (Not Inflammatory ... Bladder and bowel incontinence ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
mastoid air cells (inflammation ... mucosa leads to inflammation ... : Extension of inflammatory ... pathophysiology #signs ... symptoms #diagnosis #otology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Extra-articular manifestations ... • Rate of inflammatory ... etc • Systemic inflammation ... Extra-articular signs ... pathophysiology #signs
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
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FGF-related proteins) Inflammation ... activation of inflammatory ... Urgency, nocturia, incontinence ... Pathophysiology #Urology ... #Signs #Symptoms