Autoimmune and HIV Flashcards
Autoimmune diseases Circulating antibodies ANA Abnormal Titer - 1/40 or 1/80
Connective Tissue Disease
1/160 Titer
NOT diagnostic.
Acute QT Subacute QT Chronic QT
Lupus Erythematous Variants Anti-histone antibodies
Butterfly rash Anti-DsDNA
Acute cutaneous lupus
V of neck rash Extensors Annular/polycyclic plaques Anti-Ro
Subacute cutaneous lupus
Early lesions are well demarcated and scale/scar Late lesions occur with atrophic plaques, central scarring and telangiectasia
Chronic cutaneous lupus
15x more common in women, endothelial damage is suspected pathology
Scleroderma
Sclerodactylyl, Raynaud’s with hyperpigmentation Anti-Scl-70
Systemic Scleroderma
Plaque - sclerotic and scar-like Deep - deep tissue necrosis En coupe de saber - linear on forhead/scalp Anti-fibrillin-1
Morphea
What is CREST?
Calcinosis cutis Raynaud’s Esophageal dysfunction Sclerodactyly Telangiectasia
Anti-centrome
CREST Syndrome
Proximal extensor inflammatory myopathy.
Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis
Gottron’s papules/Gottron’s sign
Cutaneous DM/PM
Proximal muscle weakness and pulmonary fibrosis Anti-Jo1
Systemic DM/PM
Females in their 30/40s, sausage fingers, synovitis, myositis, Raynaud’s, and acrosclerosis Anti-RNP
MCTD