Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
BOTTOM LINE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often presents as an insidious, additive, symmetrical polyarthritis frequently involving the small joints of hands and feet. Without treatment, it can become deforming and erosive.…
BOTTOM LINE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often presents as an insidious, additive, symmetrical polyarthritis frequently involving the small joints of hands and feet. Without treatment, it can become deforming and erosive.…
BOTTOM LINE Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is a peri-arthritis of shoulders and hips presenting as subacute symmetrical morning stiffness in older adults usually around or above the age of 70 with…
BOTTOM LINE SLE is heterogenous disease with many different but characteristic organ manifestations associated with auto-antibody production and complement deposition. Patients are often pre-menopausal women presenting with characteristic features like…
BOTTOM LINE IIMs are a heterogenous group of diseases characterized by insidious symmetrical proximal muscle weakness (exception amyopathic DM). Investigations typically reveal high CK and seropositivity for myositis antibodies. Myopathy…
BOTTOM LINE Systemic sclerosis (aka scleroderma, SSc) is a heterogenous, chronic, and frequently progressive multisystem disease characterized by fibrosis of skin and internal organs with widespread vasculopathy and auto-antibody positivity.…
BOTTOM LINE SjD is an autoimmune systemic rheumatic disease characterized by lacrimal and salivary gland inflammation/dysfunction, most often presenting in females in their 30-50s. Systemic features include parotid gland enlargement,…