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What is Ankylosing Spondylititis?

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Chronic spinal inflammation that can result in spinal fusion and deformity
Site of inflammation includes the enthesis
No autoantibodies (‘seronegative’)
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What are the main features of SLE?

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Chronic tissue inflammation in the presence of antibodies directed against self antigens
Multi-site inflammation but particularly the joints, skin and kidney
Associated with autoantibodies

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What are some examples of connective tissue diseases?

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Systemic lupus erythematosus
Sjogren’s syndrome
Autoimmune Inflammatory muscle disease
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
Overlap syndromes
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What are the key autoantibodies in SLE?

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Antinuclear antibodies
Anti-double stranded DNA antibodies
Anti-phospholipid antibodies

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What is Arthralgia?

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Pain in joints
Tenderness but not obvious inflammation
Common in connective tissue disorders

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What are the main features of autoantibodies?

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Characteristic
May aid diagnosis
Correlate with disease activity
May be directly pathogenic

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What is Raynaud’s phenomenon?

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Intermittent vasospasm of digits on exposure to cold
Typical colour changes – white to blue to red
Vasospasm leads to blanching of digit
Cyanosis as static venous blood deoxygenates
Reactive hyperaemia

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What are the main manifestations of Lupus?

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Malar rash – erythema that spares the nasolabial fold
Photosensitive rash
Mouth ulcers
Hair loss
Raynaud’s phenomenon
Arthralgia and sometimes arthritis
Serositis (pericarditis, pleuritis, less commonly peritonitis)
Renal disease – glomerulonephritis (‘lupus nephritis’)
Cerebral disease – ‘cerebral lupus’ e.g. psychosis, depression
Haematological - pancytopenia

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Who typically gets Lupus?

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female aged between 15 – 45 years

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Which rheumatoid conditions are seronegative?

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OA
Reactive arthritis
Gout
Ankylosing Spondylitis

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What are the key investigations for Lupus?

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ESR
CRP is usually normal
Autoantibodies (ANA - immunofluroscent)
Antiphospholipid antibodies

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What haematological investigations are done in Lupus?

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Haemolytic anaemia, Lymphopenia, Thrombocytopenia

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What renal i

investigations are done in Lupus?

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very important to measure urine protein (most commonly urine protein:creatinine ratio [uPCR])
look at albumin

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How can we measure disease activity in SLE?

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Immune complexes

Unwell lupus patient has LOW complement C3 and C4 levels and HIGH levels of anti-ds-DNA antibodies

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What is the aim of SLE treatment?

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Treatment in SLE aims at remission or low disease activity and prevention of flares

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What should patients with SLE be assessed for?

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antiphospholipid antibody status

infectious and cardiovascular diseases risk profile

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How is SLE treated?

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Hydroxychloroquine is recommended in all patients with lupus

Maintenance treatment glucocorticoids should be minimised and, when possible, withdrawn.

Appropriate initiation of immunomodulatory agents (methotrexate, azathioprine, mycophenolate) can expedite the tapering/discontinuation of glucocorticoids

In persistently active or severe disease we use cyclophosphamide and B cell targeted therapies (rituximab and belimumab)

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What needs to be considered re management in Lupus patients?

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Pregnancy planning

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What is Sjorgren’s syndrom?

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Autoimmune exocrinopathy

lymphocytic infiltration of especially exocrine glands and sometimes of other organs (extra-glandular involvement)

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What does exocrine gland pathology result in?

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Dry eyes (xerophthalmia)
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
Parotid gland enlarg
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What is inflammatory muscle disease?

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Proximal muscle weakness due to autoimmune-mediated inflammation either with (dermatomyositis) or without (polymyositis) a rash

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What is systemic scelrosis?

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Thickened skin with Raynaud’s phenomenon
Dermal fibrosis, cutaneous calcinosis and telangiectasia
Skin changes may be limited or diffuse

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What is overlap syndrome?

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When features of more than 1 connective tissue disorder are present e.g. SLE and inflammatory muscle disease we can use the term overlap syndrome

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Describe the pathology of Malar rash?

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Lymphocytic invasion of the upper dermis
Immune complex deposition at the dermis/epidermis junction

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How does SLE affect kidneys?

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Thickening of Y-loop capillaries in glomeruli due to immune-complex deposition in the basement membranes

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How does SLE affect the heart?

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Libman sacks - non-infective endocarditis
Present with emboli/stroke
Depositions on the valves

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What causes scleroderma aka systemic sclerosis?

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Fibrous and excess collagen in the skin

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What are the two forms of Scelroderma? What antibodies are involved?

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Diffuse form: Antibodies to DNA topoisomerase
(Trunk involvement)

Limited form: Anticentromere antibody
(No Trunk involvement)

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What are the limited form manifestations of scleroderma?

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CREST
Calcinosis
Raynauds
Esophageal dysmotility
Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasia

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What immunoflurosecnce pattern is seen in scleroderma?

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Nucleolar immunofluorescence

31
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What is indicated by a speckled ANA pattern?

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Mixed connective tissue disease

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What are some features of Dermatomyositis?

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Tender inflamed muscles
Gottron’s papules (erythematous rash on dorsal aspect of hand on knuckles)
High CK

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Where in the body is affected by Sarcoidosis?

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Joints
Skin
Lungs
Lymphadenopathy

Heart
Eyes
Neuro
Liver

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What are some cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis?

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Lupus pernio (nasal lesion)
Erythem Nodosum (lower limb lesions)

35
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What CNS affects seen in sarcoidosis?

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Meningitis
CN lesions

36
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What affects of sarcoid on the eyes?

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Uveitis
Keratoconjuctivitis

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What are the affects of sarcoid on the lungs?

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Bi-hilar lymphadenopathy
Lymphocytosis
Fibrosis

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How can sarcoid affect the liver?

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Hepatitis
Cholestasis
Cirrhosis

39
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What happens to Ca in Sarcoidosis?

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Hypercalcaemia
Vit D hydroxylation by activated macrophages

40
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How can we classify Vasculitis?

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By the size of vessels:
Large vessel vasculitis
Medium vessel vasculitis
Immune complex small vessel vasculitis
ANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis

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What are some large cell vasculitides?

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Giant cell arteritis - elderly w headache (jaw claudication, scalp tenderness)

Takayasu Arteritis

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What are some medium cell vasculitides?

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Polyarteritis nodosa - commonly renal/mesenteric vessles (beading of vessels), Associated with Hep B

Kawasaki disease

43
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What are some ANCA-associated small cell vasculitides?

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Granulamatosis with polyangitis (prev Wegners’)

Eosinophilc granulamatosis with polyangitis (prev Churg-Strauss)

44
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What rash is characteristic of vasculitis?

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Palpable purpuric rash

45
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Diagnosis and management of temporal arteritis

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Biopsy - granulomas, narrowing of lumen, lymphocytic infilitration of tunic media, multinuclear giant cells
ESR will be high
High dose steroids

46
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What are the features of polyarteritis nodosa?

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Necrotising arteritis
Often renal/mesenteric arteries
Nodular appearance on angiography (small aneurysms)

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What are the features of granulmatosis with polyangitis?

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ENT - nosebleeds
Lung - breathlessness
Kidneys - proteinuria/haematuria
c-ANCA directed against proteinase

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What are the features of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis?

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Asthma
Eosiniphilia
Vasculitis
P-ANCA directed against myeloperoxidase

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What are the presenting features of Kawasaki’s disease?

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Fever
Erythema of palms & soles
Conjunctivitis
Lymphadenopathy
Can affect coronary arteries (MI)

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