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another condition commonly associate with rheumatic disease,
characterized by episodic vasospasm resulting in ischemia of the digits, |
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| Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
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"ANTINUCLEAR," FOUR CRITERIA ARE REQUIRED TO establish A diagnosis
Antinuclear antibody
Neurologic disorder-seizures or psychosis
Thrombocytopenia
Immunologic disorder
Nasopharyngeal or oral ulcers
Urinary abnormalities
Cutaneous discoid rash
Light sensitivity
Effusions
Arthritis of two or more joints
Rash in malar area |
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| Systemic lupus erythematosus |
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| is an autoimmune disorder associated with a wide array of manifestions, many of whch involve the skin |
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| is characterized by reticular erythema, which is purplish at times, and most commonly affects the lower extremities |
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| called atrophie blance, occurs in some women with persistent deep purple livedo reticularis |
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| Bullous lupus erythematosus |
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| associate with SLE, separation of subepidermal, and direct immunofluorescence reveals immune deposits at the dermal and epidermal junction. |
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| Bullous lupus erythematosus |
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| is a sign of underlying malignancy, some cases it disappeared with treament of a tumor |
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| diagnosis include morning stiffness, joint tenderness or pain on motion, joint swelling, subcutaneous nodules, radiographic changes typical of rheumatoid arthritis, positive rheumatoid factor, and synovial fluid |
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| also present in achilles tendon, metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints, ischial tuberosities, and sacrum can also develop rheumatoid nodules |
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| caused by necrotixing arteritis of small and medium size arteries, may be indistinguishable from polyarteritis nodosa |
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| known as progressive systemic sclerosis, is a connective tissue disease characterized by cutaneous induration and thickening . |
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| Systemic scleroderma canbe classified as two distint entities, |
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| Crest syndrome and diffuse scleroderma |
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Calcinosis
Raynaud's phenomenon
Esophageal Dysmotility
Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasia
slowly progressive and therefore carries a more benign prognosis |
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| is localized forms of scleroderma and not associated with systemic symptoms, characterized by localized plaques of indurated skin often surrounded by a vioilaceous halo |
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| Mixed Connective tissue disease |
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| is a entity that combines features of sleroderma, lupus, and dermatomyositis |
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| is extreme physical exertion or trauma often precedes the condition, which begins with painful swelling of the extremities |
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| Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome |
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| caused by ingesting oral L-tryptophan |
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at Mount Sinai Hospital Center:
Malignant-Medications
Strep-Serum Sickness
Henoch-Schonlein purpura-Hepatitis B
Connective tissue diseas-Cryoglobulinemia |
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| is form of vasculitis that most commonly occurs in children and young adults |
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| Gastrointestinal symptoms, abdominal pain, hematemesis, and melena, arthralgias and arthritis, symmetric palpable purpura of the lower extremities, and renal involvement as manifested by hematuria and proteinuria |
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| consist of a triad of oral, genital, and ocular lesions |
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| can lead to Pathergy that frequently apprears at sites of venipuncture or intravenous administraitonn |
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| Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia |
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| arthralgias, skin lesions, and glomerulonephritis |
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| is sharply demarcated erythematous scaling plaques, elbows and knees are typically involved, as are the scalp, intergluteal cleft, palms, soles, and genitals |
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| occasionally develops after a streptococcal pharyngitis or other upper respiratory infection. Skin lesions are erythematous scaling, macules, papules that can become confluent to form plaque psoriasis |
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| skin becomes red and scaly lead to hypotension, renal failure, loss of protein, iron deficiency anemia, leukocytosis because of increase cutaneous blood flow, and high output cardiac failure |
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| charaterized by the development of sterile pustules either in psoriatic plaques or in previously uninvolved skin, open to palms and soles |
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| Pustular Psoriasis of Von Zumbusch |
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| is a medical emergency characterized by abrupt onset of generalized pustules associated with fever and leukocytosis |
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| Pustular Psoriasis of Von Zumbusch |
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| frequently occur after withdrawal of systemic steroids in a patient with pre-existing psoriasis. |
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| form of generalized pustular psoriasis, and results in severe constitutional symptoms, including dehydration, hypotension, renal failure, electrolyte imbalance, and hypocalcemia. |
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| is asymmetric arthritic involving only two or three joints at a time, especially those of the fingers and toes, joint deformities identical to those seen in rheumatoid arthritis occur, but Rheumatoid factor is absent. |
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| creating a "Pencil-in-cup," deformity, erosion of the middle phalanx and expansion of the base of the terminal phalanx. |
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| The most deforming type of psoriatic arthritis called |
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| In the severe cases of psoriatic arthritis resulting "telescoping of the digits" called |
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| postdysenteric forms also occur, especially after infection with Shigella flexneri, salmonelli or Yersinia infection. |
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| a multiorgan system disorder of unknown etiology, collecting of granuloma like a nodule, either caseating granulomatosis or non caseating granulomatosis |
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| Cause of Erythema Nodosum |
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Behcet's disease
Estrogens
Drugs
Recent infection
Enteropathies
Sarcoid
Tuberculosis |
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| lead to ulcerations and may follow treatment with intralesional steroids and result from the cutaneous atrophy associated with corticosteroid therapy. |
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