CRITERIA DEFINITIONS

Question 1

fixed erythema, flat, or raised, sparing the nasolabial folds

Answer 1

malar rash

Question 2

raised patches, adherent keratotic scaling, follicular plugging, older lesions may cause scarring

Answer 2

discoid rash

Question 3

skin rash from sunlight

Answer 3

photosensitiivty

Question 4

usually painless

Answer 4

oral or nasopharyngeal ulcers

Question 5

non erosive, inflammatory in two or more peripheral joints

Answer 5

arthritis

Question 6

pleurites or pericarditis

Answer 6

serositis

Question 7

90% patients, often the earliest sign

Answer 7

synovitis

Question 8

from SLE itself and therapy like steroids

Answer 8

osteoporosis

Question 9

avascular necrosis, can occur with and without history of steroid therapy

Answer 9

osteonecrosis

Question 10

joint deformities are reducible without erosions

Answer 10

jaccouds arhtropathy in lupus

Question 11

sterile deposits in the mitral valve

Answer 11

Libman sachs

Question 12

persistent proteinuria or cellular casts

Answer 12

renal disorders

Question 13

seizures or psychosis

Answer 13

neurologic disorders

Question 14

hemolytic anemia, leukopenia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia

Answer 14

hematologic disorder