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Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Flashcards

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What are the major CT disease?

A 
SLE
Scleroderma
Sjogren's Syndrome
Auto-immune myositis
Mixed CT disease
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What are the major Systmic Vasculitides

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GCA
GPA (Granulomatosis with polyangitis aka Wegener’s)
Microscopic Polyangiitis
Churg-Strauss

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Who gets SLE?

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Women mostly
15-50yrs

More common in afro-caribbeans > Asians > caucasian

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What criteria features are needed to diagnose SLE?

Think in terms of tissues & organs that can be damaged…

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4 or more of:

  • Malar Rash
  • Discoid rash
  • Photosensitivity (rash after sunlight)
  • Oral ulcers
  • Serositis - pleuritis, pericarditis
  • Arthritis
  • Renal (proteinuria, diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis)
  • Neuro (seizures or psychosis)
  • Haemotology (Low WCC, platelets, lymphocytes or haemolytic anaemia)
  • Immunological
  • ANA
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What is included in the “immunological” criteria for SLE?

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ANA
Anti ds-DNA Abs
Anti-Smith Abs
Anti Cardiolipin Abs

Lupus Anticoagulant
Low complement

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Other than the primary criteria, what other symptoms/signs can come from SLE?

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Alopecia
Fever
Depression
 Vasculitis, purpura & Urticaria
Pleural effusion & Pulm fibrosis
Raynaud's
Aseptic necrosis of hip
Myopathy
Abdo Pain
Aortic Valve Lesions
Cranial nerve lesions, peripheral neuropathy and ataxia
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Who gets Scleroderma?

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Mostly female

Onset 30-50yrs

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What are the types of scleroderma?

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Localised (aka Morphea)

Generalised (limited or Diffuse)

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What does localised scleroderma (morphea) look like?

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localised patches of hardened skin that are smooth and shiny.

Usually on the trunk,
Painless

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What does limited SCleroderma look like?

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Thickening of skin and colour change in face and extremities along with Raynaud’s

CAn progress to affect gut –> heartburn & difficulty swallowing

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What do you see in diffuse scleroderma?

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Affects the whole body, with potential to hit the heart, lungs and kidneys

Expect fatigue, joint pain & stiffness

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What is the general presentation of Scleroderma?

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hardening of the skin
swelling of the hands and feet
joint pain
stiffness
Raynauds' Syndrome.

All due to excess collagen

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What are the major complications of scleroderma?

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Limited –> Pulm Hypertension

Diffuse –> Pulm fibrosis, renal crisis and small bowel bacterial overgrowth

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Who gets Sjogren’s Syndrome?

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Mostly women

40-50yrs

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What’s the classic presentation of Sjogren’s Syndrome?

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Dry eyes & mouth
Parotid Enlargement
~Systemic upset incl fever, fatigue, myalgia & arthralgia

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Complications of Sjogren’s Syndrome?

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Lymphoma
Neuropathies (Cranial nerve, peripheral, fits etc)
Purpura
Interstitial Lung Disease
Renal Tubular Acidosis
17
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Auto-immune myositis is very rare. how does it present?

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Symmetrical diffuse proximal muscle weakness

Dermatomyositis can come with Gottron’s papules (hands) and heliotrope rash
face

18
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What’s found in Mixed CT Disease?

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Soft tissue swelling
Raynaud’s
Myositis
Arthralgia

19
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GCA affects the large arteries, what do you need to diagnose it?

A

3+ of:

  • Age >50yrs at onset
  • New headache
  • Temporary art tenderness
  • ESR >50
  • Abnormal temporal biopsy
20
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Which conditions are Anca associated Vasculitis?

A

Wegeners (GPA)
Micrsocopic Polyangiitis
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with polyangiitis

21
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What happens in GPA?

A

Necrotising granulomatous inflammation

Occurs mainly in Upper & Lower resp tract along with necrotising glomerulonephritis

22
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What’s different about MPA from GPA?

A

MPA doesn’t include immune deposites or granulomatous inflammation

Instead you get necrotising vasculitis of small vessels and necrotising glomerulonephritis. Sometimes with pulm capillaritis

23
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What is Churg Strauss?

A

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)

Eosinophil rich necrotising granulomatous inflammation of small to med vessles

Mostly resp tract

Ass with asthma and eosinophilia

24
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AAVs can lead to what kind of complications?

A 
Hearing loss
Renal failure
Lung damage
Malignancy
Nerve damage
25
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What ANA profiles are targeted in SLE?

A

dsDNA
Ro
Sm

26
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What ANA profiles are targeted in Scleroderma?

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Scl-70

Centromere

27
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What ANA profiles are targeted in polymyositis?

A

Jo-1

28
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What ANA profiles are targeted in Sjogren’s disease?

A

Ro

La

29
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What other tests are relevant to these conditions?

Again - think of the different organ system manifestations

A 
FBC
U&Es + Urinalysis
CXR
ECG
ESR/CRP
aPTT

Renal biopsy for nephritis

30
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What are the stages of Lupus Nephritis?

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1 - minimal mesangial
2 - mesangial proliferative
3 - focal
4 - diffuse
5 - membranous
6 - advanced sclerosing
31
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How do we treat these conditions?

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Mild - Hydroxychloroquine
Mod - Azathioprine, MTX or Mycophenolate
Severe - Rituximab or Cyclophosphomide

CCS can be used an adjunct or for specific symptoms but are not general 1st line treatments

32
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Which antibodies are tested for in SLE patients who are pregnant and why?

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Anti-Ro
Anti-La

They are both indicative of a high risk of neonatal Lupus

33
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Try using this mnemonic to remember all the criteria for SLE: Dopamine Rash

A 
Discoid Rash
Oral Ulcer
Photosensitvity
Arthritis
Malar Rash
Immunological (Anti-sm, anti-dsDNA, Anti-phospholipid, anti-ro & anti-la)
Neuro symptoms (Psychosis, seizure, personality)
ESR (raised)

Renal (Proteinuria or cellular casts)
ANA
Serositis (Pleurisy & Pericarditis)
Haematology (haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia)

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