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{{Systemic lupus erythematosus}}
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{{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{RT}} {{KS}}
{{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{MIR}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
In the earlier stages of the disease, patients appear well, while in the late stages of the disease, patients are clearly ill with multi-organ involvement. The patient may show a wide range of skin manifestations including [[urticaria]], [[Bullous|bullous lesions]], [[malar rash]], and scarring [[alopecia]]. The patient may develop nasal and [[oral ulcers]]. [[Arthritis]] may lead to a decreased [[range of motion]], joint effusion, and [[arthralgia]]. Neurological manifestations including [[psychosis]], [[cognitive impairment]], and [[hallucinations]], may also be present. 


==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
===Appearance of the Patient===
===Appearance of the Patient===
*This section should give a general description of what a patient with the disease you are describing may look like.
*Patient appears well in the earlier stages of the disease
*If patients typically appear normal, you may write: Patients are usually well-appearing.
*Patient appears ill in the late stages of the disease due to multi-organ involvement
*You may include a physical description such as obese, thin, cachectic, ill appearing, diaphoretic etc. Mention in which cases these findings are present (e.g. well-appearing in early stages of cancer, cachectic in late stage cancer)
*For an example of the appearance of a patient section in the physical examination page, click [[Stomach cancer physical examination|here]].
===Vital Signs===
===Vital Signs===
<sup>Note: Vital signs traditionally include the temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate. The vital signs may also include oxygen saturation (at room air) and blood glycemia.</sup>
*[[Fever]] higher than 38 after the exclusion of [[infection]]
*High-grade / low-grade fever
*[[Tachycardia]]/[[bradycardia]] depends on the accompanying complication
*[[Hypothermia]] / hyperthermia may be present
*[[Tachypnea]]/[[bradypnea]] depends on the accompanying complication
*[[Tachycardia]] with regular pulse or (ir)regularly irregular pulse
 
*[[Bradycardia]] with regular pulse or (ir)regularly irregular pulse
=== Skin<ref name="pmid25077888">{{cite journal |vauthors=Parodi A, Cozzani E |title=Cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus |journal=G Ital Dermatol Venereol |volume=149 |issue=5 |pages=549–54 |year=2014 |pmid=25077888 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26985173">{{cite journal |vauthors=Szczęch J, Rutka M, Samotij D, Zalewska A, Reich A |title=Clinical characteristics of cutaneous lupus erythematosus |journal=Postepy Dermatol Alergol |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=13–7 |year=2016 |pmid=26985173 |pmc=4793050 |doi=10.5114/pdia.2014.44031 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19824738">{{cite journal |vauthors=Walling HW, Sontheimer RD |title=Cutaneous lupus erythematosus: issues in diagnosis and treatment |journal=Am J Clin Dermatol |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=365–81 |year=2009 |pmid=19824738 |doi=10.2165/11310780-000000000-00000 |url=}}</ref> ===
*Tachypnea / bradypnea
*Kussmal respirations may be present in _____ (advanced disease state)
*Weak/bounding pulse / pulsus alternans / paradoxical pulse / asymmetric pulse
*High/low blood pressure with normal pulse pressure / [[wide pulse pressure]] / [[narrow pulse pressure]]
===Skin===
*[[Cyanosis]]
*[[Cyanosis]]
**Secondary to [[respiratory]] complications
*[[Jaundice]]
*[[Jaundice]]
**Secondary to [[hepatitis]]
*[[Pallor]]
*[[Pallor]]
*Bruises
**Secondary to [[anemia]]
*Generalised [[erythema]]
*[[Bruises]]
**Secondary to [[thrombocytopenia]]
*[[Urticaria]]
*[[Bullous|Bullous lesions]]
*[[Sclerodactyly]]
*Skin [[Ulcerations|ulceration]]
*[[Malar rash]]: the classic lupus ‘butterfly’ rash
** [[Erythema|Erythematous]], elevated [[Lesions|lesion]], [[Pruritis|pruritic]] or painful, in a [[malar]] distribution, commonly precipitated by exposure to sunlight
* Annular or psoriasiform skin [[lesions]]
** Small, [[erythematous]], slightly scaly [[papules]] that evolve into either a psoriasiform (papulosquamous) or annular form and tend to involve shoulders, forearms, neck, and upper torso
* [[Scarring]] [[chronic]] [[alopecia]]
** Mostly present on face, neck, and scalp
* [[Telangiectasias]]
* Dyspigmentation ([[hyperpigmentation]] or [[hypopigmentation]]) of skin in [[scar]] places
* Follicular plugging
** Discrete, [[erythematous]], slightly infiltrated [[plaques]] covered by a well-formed adherent scale that extends into dilated [[hair follicles]]
* [[Nodules]]
** Can be firm (Lupus profundus) and painful
* Photodistributed [[lesions]] with chronic pink indurated plaques or broad [[lesions]] that are slow to heal (more seen in lupus tumidus)
* Thin hair that easily fractures (lupus hair)
* Irregularly shaped raised white plaques, areas of erythema, silvery white scarred [[lesions]], and [[ulcers]] with surrounding [[erythema]] on the soft or hard palate or buccal [[mucosa]]
* Periungual [[erythema]]
** Dilated tortuous loops of [[capillaries]] and a prominent subcapillary venous plexus along
** Involves the base of the nail and edges of the upper [[eyelid]]
[[File:Systemic lupus erythematosus 055.jpg|300px]]
'''For more pictures of the rash presentation in lupus, click [[Systemic lupus eryhthematosus physical examination:Gallery|here]].'''


●Rheumatoid nodules
===HEENT===
*[[Ophthalmology]]<ref name="pmid26367085">{{cite journal |vauthors=Preble JM, Silpa-archa S, Foster CS |title=Ocular involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Curr Opin Ophthalmol |volume=26 |issue=6 |pages=540–5 |year=2015 |pmid=26367085 |doi=10.1097/ICU.0000000000000209 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25904124">{{cite journal |vauthors=Silpa-archa S, Lee JJ, Foster CS |title=Ocular manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Br J Ophthalmol |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=135–41 |year=2016 |pmid=25904124 |doi=10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-306629 |url=}}</ref>
**[[Nystagmus]]
**Visual [[Retinal|retinal changes]] from systemic lupus erythematosus cytoid bodies, [[Retina|retinal]] [[haemorrhages]], serous exudate or [[haemorrhage]] in the [[choroid]], [[optic neuritis]] (not due to [[hypertension]], drugs or [[infection]])
**[[Cataract]]
**[[Optic nerve atrophy]]
**[[Icterus|Icteric sclera]]
**[[Cotton wool spots]] in the [[retina]] in [[Ophthalmoscopy|ophthalmoscopic exam]]
*Nasal [[ulcers]]<ref name="pmid1526055">{{cite journal |vauthors=Robson AK, Burge SM, Millard PR |title=Nasal mucosal involvement in lupus erythematosus |journal=Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=341–3 |year=1992 |pmid=1526055 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Mostly painless
**Mostly in lower [[nasal septum]] and [[bilateral]] and parallel
**Nasal perforation secondary to [[vasculitis]] may happen rarely
*Oral [[ulcers]]<ref name="pmid23780804">{{cite journal |vauthors=Anyanwu CO, Ang CC, Werth VP |title=Oral mucosal involvement in bullous lupus |journal=Arthritis Rheum. |volume=65 |issue=10 |pages=2622 |year=2013 |pmid=23780804 |pmc=4333153 |doi=10.1002/art.38051 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23248469">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ranginwala AM, Chalishazar MM, Panja P, Buddhdev KP, Kale HM |title=Oral discoid lupus erythematosus: A study of twenty-one cases |journal=J Oral Maxillofac Pathol |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=368–73 |year=2012 |pmid=23248469 |pmc=3519212 |doi=10.4103/0973-029X.102487 |url=}}</ref>
**Mostly painless
**White plaques with areas of [[erythema]], or punched-out erosions or ulcers with surrounding [[erythema]] on the soft or hard palate or [[buccal mucosa]]


●Calcinosis cutis
===Neck<ref name="pmid19107085">{{cite journal |vauthors=Melikoglu MA, Melikoglu M |title=The clinical importance of lymphadenopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Acta Reumatol Port |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=402–6 |year=2008 |pmid=19107085 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24722263">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sacre K, Escoubet B, Pasquet B, Chauveheid MP, Zennaro MC, Tubach F, Papo T |title=Increased arterial stiffness in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients at low risk for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional controlled study |journal=PLoS ONE |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=e94511 |year=2014 |pmid=24722263 |pmc=3983200 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0094511 |url=}}</ref>===
*[[Jugular venous distension]]
**Secondary to [[hypertension]] and cardiac complications
*[[Lymphadenopathy]]
** [[Lymph node|Lymph nodes]] are soft, non-tender, discrete
** Usually detected in the [[cervical]], [[axillary]], and [[inguinal]]


Bullous eruptions (resulting from damage to the basal layer of the epidermis)
===Lungs<ref name="pmid21194884">{{cite journal |vauthors=Torre O, Harari S |title=Pleural and pulmonary involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Presse Med |volume=40 |issue=1 Pt 2 |pages=e19–29 |year=2011 |pmid=21194884 |doi=10.1016/j.lpm.2010.11.004 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26550810">{{cite journal |vauthors=Salvati F |title=[The involvement of pulmonary interstitial tissue in multisystemic lupus erythematosus: interdisciplinarity and role of the pneumologists] |language=Italian |journal=Clin Ter |volume=166 |issue=5 |pages=205–7 |year=2015 |pmid=26550810 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25639532">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alamoudi OS, Attar SM |title=Pulmonary manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus: association with disease activity |journal=Respirology |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=474–80 |year=2015 |pmid=25639532 |pmc=4418345 |doi=10.1111/resp.12473 |url=}}</ref>===
*Fine and coarse [[crackles]] upon auscultation of the [[lung]]
**May be due to [[pneumonitis]]
*In case of [[pleural effusion]]:
**Asymmetric [[tactile fremitus]]
**Asymmetric [[chest expansion]]


●Urticaria
===Heart<ref name="pmid24790989">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mak A, Kow NY |title=Imbalance between endothelial damage and repair: a gateway to cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Biomed Res Int |volume=2014 |issue= |pages=178721 |year=2014 |pmid=24790989 |pmc=3984775 |doi=10.1155/2014/178721 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24722263">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sacre K, Escoubet B, Pasquet B, Chauveheid MP, Zennaro MC, Tubach F, Papo T |title=Increased arterial stiffness in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients at low risk for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional controlled study |journal=PLoS ONE |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=e94511 |year=2014 |pmid=24722263 |pmc=3983200 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0094511 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23052654">{{cite journal |vauthors=Canpolat N, Kasapcopur O, Caliskan S, Gokalp S, Bor M, Tasdemir M, Sever L, Arisoy N |title=Ambulatory blood pressure and subclinical cardiovascular disease in patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Pediatr. Nephrol. |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=305–13 |year=2013 |pmid=23052654 |doi=10.1007/s00467-012-2317-3 |url=}}</ref>===
*Chest [[tenderness]] or discomfort upon palpation
**May be due to [[costochondritis]]
*[[Diastolic murmurs|Diastolic murmur]], or [[Systolic murmurs|systolic murmur]] >3/6 due to [[valvular disease]]
*Loud second heart sound (due to [[pulmonary hypertension]])
*Loud S1-S2 due to [[cardiomegaly]]
*Decrease heart sounds if associated with [[pericardial effusion]]


●Cutis laxa/anetoderma
===Abdomen<ref name="pmid20572299">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tian XP, Zhang X |title=Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: insight into pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=16 |issue=24 |pages=2971–7 |year=2010 |pmid=20572299 |pmc=2890936 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid27329649">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alves SC, Fasano S, Isenberg DA |title=Autoimmune gastrointestinal complications in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: case series and literature review |journal=Lupus |volume=25 |issue=14 |pages=1509–1519 |year=2016 |pmid=27329649 |doi=10.1177/0961203316655210 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid27055518">{{cite journal |vauthors=Fawzy M, Edrees A, Okasha H, El Ashmaui A, Ragab G |title=Gastrointestinal manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Lupus |volume=25 |issue=13 |pages=1456–1462 |year=2016 |pmid=27055518 |doi=10.1177/0961203316642308 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid28523968">{{cite journal |vauthors=Li Z, Xu D, Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhang S, Li M, Zeng X |title=Gastrointestinal system involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Lupus |volume= |issue= |pages=961203317707825 |year=2017 |pmid=28523968 |doi=10.1177/0961203317707825 |url=}}</ref>===
 
*[[Abdominal distention]]
●Acanthosis nigricans
*[[Ascites]]
 
**Due to [[nephrotic syndrome]]
●Erythema multiforme
*[[Abdominal pain]]
 
**Due to [[Vasculitis|mesentric vasculitis]]
●Leg ulcers
*[[Hepatomegaly]]
*[[Splenomegaly]]
*Costo-vertebral angle tenderness


●Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis
===Extremities<ref name="pmid15580980">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zoma A |title=Musculoskeletal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Lupus |volume=13 |issue=11 |pages=851–3 |year=2004 |pmid=15580980 |doi=10.1191/0961203303lu2021oa |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22956550">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gabba A, Piga M, Vacca A, Porru G, Garau P, Cauli A, Mathieu A |title=Joint and tendon involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: an ultrasound study of hands and wrists in 108 patients |journal=Rheumatology (Oxford) |volume=51 |issue=12 |pages=2278–85 |year=2012 |pmid=22956550 |doi=10.1093/rheumatology/kes226 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19591780">{{cite journal |vauthors=Grossman JM |title=Lupus arthritis |journal=Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=495–506 |year=2009 |pmid=19591780 |doi=10.1016/j.berh.2009.04.003 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24862229">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhu KK, Xu WD, Pan HF, Zhang M, Ni J, Ge FY, Ye DQ |title=The risk factors of avascular necrosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis |journal=Inflammation |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=1852–64 |year=2014 |pmid=24862229 |doi=10.1007/s10753-014-9917-y |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23731640">{{cite journal |vauthors=Voulgari PV, Kosta P, Argyropoulou MI, Drosos AA |title=Avascular necrosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=Joint Bone Spine |volume=80 |issue=6 |pages=665 |year=2013 |pmid=23731640 |doi=10.1016/j.jbspin.2013.03.018 |url=}}</ref>===
 
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===HEENT===
*Sclerodactyly
*
*Abnormalities of the head/hair may include ___
*Evidence of trauma
*Icteric sclera
*[[Nystagmus]]
*Extra-ocular movements may be abnormal
*Pupils non-reactive to light / non-reactive to accomodation / non-reactive to neither light nor accomodation
*Ophthalmoscopic exam may be abnormal with findings of ___
*Hearing acuity may be reduced
*[[Weber test]] may be abnormal (Note: A positive Weber test is considered a normal finding / A negative Weber test is considered an abnormal finding. To avoid confusion, you may write "abnormal Weber test".)
*[[Rinne test]] may be positive (Note: A positive Rinne test is considered a normal finding / A negative Rinne test is considered an abnormal finding. To avoid confusion, you may write "abnormal Rinne test".)
*[[Exudate]] from the ear canal
*Tenderness upon palpation of the ear pinnae / tragus (anterior to ear canal)
*Inflamed nares / congested nares
*[[Purulent]] exudate from the nares
*Facial tenderness
*Erythematous throat with/without tonsillar swelling, exudates, and/or petechiae
===Neck===
*[[Jugular venous distension]]
*[[Carotid bruits]] may be auscultated unilaterally/bilaterally using the bell/diaphragm of the otoscope
*[[Lymphadenopathy]] (describe location, size, tenderness, mobility, and symmetry)
*[[Thyromegaly]] / thyroid nodules
*[[Hepatojugular reflux]]
===Lungs===
*Asymmetric chest expansion / Decreased chest expansion
*Lungs are hypo/hyperresonant
*Fine/coarse [[crackles]] upon auscultation of the lung bases/apices unilaterally/bilaterally
*Rhonchi
*Vesicular breath sounds / Distant breath sounds
*Expiratory/inspiratory wheezing with normal / delayed expiratory phase
*[[Wheezing]] may be present
*[[Egophony]] present/absent
*[[Bronchophony]] present/absent
*Normal/reduced [[tactile fremitus]]
===Heart===
*Chest tenderness upon palpation
*PMI within 2 cm of the sternum  (PMI) / Displaced point of maximal impulse (PMI) suggestive of ____
*[[Heave]] / [[thrill]]
*[[Friction rub]]
*[[Heart sounds#First heart tone S1.2C the .22lub.22.28components M1 and T1.29|S1]]
*[[Heart sounds#Second heart tone S2 the .22dub.22.28components A2 and P2.29|S2]]
*[[Heart sounds#Third heart sound S3|S3]]
*[[Heart sounds#Fourth heart sound S4|S4]]
*[[Heart sounds#Summation Gallop|Gallops]]
*A high/low grade early/late [[systolic murmur]] / [[diastolic murmur]] best heard at the base/apex/(specific valve region) may be heard using the bell/diaphgram of the otoscope
===Abdomen===
*[[Abdominal distention]]
*[[Abdominal tenderness]] in the right/left upper/lower abdominal quadrant
*[[Rebound tenderness]] (positive Blumberg sign)
*A palpable abdominal mass in the right/left upper/lower abdominal quadrant
*Guarding may be present
*[[Hepatomegaly]] / [[splenomegaly]] / [[hepatosplenomegaly]]
*Additional findings, such as obturator test, psoas test, McBurney point test, Murphy test
===Back===
*Point tenderness over __ vertebrae (e.g. L3-L4)
*Sacral edema
*Costovertebral angle tenderness bilaterally/unilaterally (may also be referred to as Murphy's punch sign, which is different from Murphy's sign that suggests cholecystitis. To avoid confusion, write "costovertebral angle tenderness")
*Buffalo hump
===Genitourinary===
*A pelvic/adnexal mass may be palpated
*Inflamed mucosa
*Clear/(color), foul-smelling/odorless penile/vaginal discharge
<sup>Write additional pathognomonic findings, such as discharge that resembles cottage cheese for ''C. albicans'' vulvovaginitis / fish-odor for ''T. vaginalis'' ifnection</sup>
===Extremities===
*[[Clubbing]]
*[[Clubbing]]
*[[Cyanosis]]
*[[Cyanosis]]
*Pitting/non-pitting [[edema]] of the upper/lower extremities
*[[Muscle weakness|Muscle atrophy or weakness]]
*Muscle atrophy
*[[Livedo reticularis]]
*Fasciculations in the upper/lower extremity
**Reddish-cyanotic, reticular pattern on the skin of the arms, legs, and torso, particularly with cold exposure
===Neuromuscular===
*[[Arthritis]]
*Patient is usually oriented to persons, place, and time
**Symmetrical
*Altered mental status
**Polyarticular
*Glasgow coma scale is ___ / 15
**Mostly involve knees, carpal joints, and joints of the fingers, especially the proximal [[interphalangeal]] (PIP) joint
*Clonus may be present
**Decrease  range of motion in affected joints
*Hyperreflexia / hyporeflexia / areflexia
*Joints [[erythema]]
*Positive (abnormal) Babinski / plantar reflex unilaterally/bilaterally
**Due to [[synovitis]]
*Muscle rigidity
*Joint effusion
*Proximal/distal muscle weakness unilaterally/bilaterally
*Muscle [[atrophy]]
*____ (finding) suggestive of cranial nerve ___ (roman numerical) deficit (e.g. Dilated pupils suggestive of CN III deficit)
*[[Fasciculations]] in the upper/lower extremity
*Unilateral/bilateral upper/lower extremity weakness
*[[Claudication]]
*Unilateral/bilateral sensory loss in the upper/lower extremity
*Loss of digit or limb
*Positive straight leg raise test
*Abnormal gait (describe gait: e.g. ataxic (cerebellar) gait / steppage gait / waddling gait / choeiform gait / Parkinsonian gait / sensory gait)
*Positive/negative Trendelenburg sign
*Unilateral/bilateral tremor (describe tremor, e.g. at rest, pill-rolling)
*Normal finger-to-nose test / Dysmetria
Absent/present dysdiadochokinesia (palm tapping test)
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|Constitutional symptoms
|Fatigue
|the most common complaint 11085805
multidimensional phenomenon due to different factors 7779127
 
does not correlate with disease activity 9598886
|frequently associated with depression, sleep disturbances, and concomitant fibromyalgia
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|Fever
|a manifestation of active disease-lupus flare, especially within short-term evolution of the disease 14530779
Can be hard to differentiate the cause of fever from other inflammatory and infection diseases
 
Leukopenia or normal range of leukocytes in the setting of fever is more suggestive of lupus activity rather than infection
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|Myalgia
muscle tenderness
 
muscle weakness
|may be first complaint and initial reason for the patient to seeks medical attention
May happen as a result of treatment with glucocorticoids or glucocorticoid withdrawal
|perivascular and perifascicular mononuclear cell infiltrates in 25 percent of patients
muscle atrophy, microtubular inclusions, mononuclear infiltrate, fiber necrosis, and, occasionally, vacuolated muscle fibers  2319520
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|Weight change
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* Weight loss due to:
** Decreased appetite
** Side effects of medications (particularly diuretics)
** Gastrointestinal symptoms related to lupus (e.g. gastroesophageal reflux, abdominal pain, peptic ulcer disease, or pancreatitis)
* Weight gain due to:
** Hypoalbuminemia:
*** Result in salt and water retention (e.g. due to nephrotic syndrome or protein losing enteropathy)
** Increased appetite associated with the use of glucocorticoids
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|Extremities
|Arthritis
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* migratory arthritis means that the symptoms may be gone by 24 hours
* Usually symmetrical and polyarticular with a predilection for the knees, carpal joints, and joints of the fingers, especially the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint
* Morning stiffness with a really short duration (less than 1 hour)
* Painful arthritis and decrease range of motion
* The SLE arthritis is mostly nondeforming
* It has been noted that 15-50% of patients may develop flexion deformities, ulnar deviation, soft tissue laxity, and swan neck deformities 3041493  9849313 19591780 7841997
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* Synovial effusions are infrequent in patients with SLE, usually small with slightly cloudy or clear fluid
* septic arthritis may occurs as a result of low immune response and medication. it can be secondary to infections with Salmonella, gonococci, meningococci, and other organisms
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|Skin and mucous membrane involvement 
|acute cutaneous lupus erythema (ACLE) (also known as “the butterfly rash”)
|
* Localized ACLE (ie, malar rash, butterfly rash)
* Generalized ACLE
* Toxic epidermal necrolysis-like ACLE
presents as erythema in a malar distribution over the cheeks and nose (but sparing the nasolabial folds), which appears after sun exposure
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|discoid lesions
|more inflammatory and which have a tendency to scar
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|Photosensitivity
|common theme for skin lesions associated with SLE
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|oral and/or nasal ulcers
|usually painless
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|Nonscarring alopecia
|may occur at some point during the course of their disease
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|Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE)
 
|Annular SCLE
 
Papulosquamous SCLE
 
Drug-induced SCLE
 
Less common variants: erythrodermic, poikilodermatous, erythema multiforme-like (Rowell syndrome), and vesiculobullous annular SCLE
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|Chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE)
|Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE)
 
Localized DLE


Generalized DLE
===Neuromuscular<ref name="pmid19366083">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cojocaru IM, Cojocaru M, Tănăsescu R, Burcin C, Atanasiu AN, Silosi I |title=Detection of autoantibodies to ribosome P in lupus patients with neurological involvement |journal=Rom J Intern Med |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=239–42 |year=2008 |pmid=19366083 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22594009">{{cite journal |vauthors=Madrane S, Ribi C |title=[Central neuropsychiatric involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus] |language=French |journal=Rev Med Suisse |volume=8 |issue=337 |pages=848–53 |year=2012 |pmid=22594009 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid7555923">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sivri A, Hasçelik Z, Celiker R, Başgöze O |title=Early detection of neurological involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus patients |journal=Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=195–9 |year=1995 |pmid=7555923 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19217587">{{cite journal |vauthors=Juncal Gallego L, Almuíña Simón C, Muíños Esparza LF, Díaz Soto R, Ramil Fraga C, Quiroga Ordóñez E |title=[Systemic lupus erythematosus with fulminant neurological involvement] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=An Pediatr (Barc) |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=202–4 |year=2009 |pmid=19217587 |doi=10.1016/j.anpedi.2008.09.009 |url=}}</ref>===
 
*Patient is usually oriented to persons, place, and time based on the disease course
Hypertrophic DLE
*[[Cognitive impairment]]
 
*[[Hallucination|Hallucinations]]
Lupus erythematosus tumidus (LE tumidus)
**[[Visual hallucinations|Visual]]
 
**[[Auditory hallucinations|Auditory]]
Lupus profundus (also known as lupus panniculitis)
*Memory deficit
 
**Loose associations
Chilblain lupus erythematosus (chilblain LE)
**Impoverished thought content
 
**Illogical thinking
Lichenoid cutaneous lupus erythematosus-lichen planus overlap syndrome (LE-LP overlap syndrome)
**Bizarre disorganised or catatonic behaviour
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==Gallery==
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|nephritis
|Minimal mesangial lupus nephritis (class I)
|the earliest and mildest form of glomerular involvement
normal urinalysis, no or minimal proteinuria, and a normal serum creatinine
 
mesangial immune deposits that are identified by immunofluorescence alone or by both immunofluorescence and electron microscopy, but such patients do not have light microscopic abnormalities
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|Mesangial proliferative lupus nephritis (class II) 
|microscopic hematuria and/or proteinuria
 
Light microscope:
 
mesangial hypercellularity (of any degree) or mesangial matrix expansion
 
A few isolated subepithelial or subendothelial deposits may be seen on immunofluorescence or electron microscopy
 
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|Focal lupus nephritis (class III) 
|hematuria and proteinuria
 
may also have hypertension, a decreased glomerular filtration rate, and/or nephrotic syndrome
 
Light microscopy: Active or inactive endocapillary or extracapillary segmental glomerulonephritis (Less than 50 percent of glomeruli are affected)
 
Electron microscopy: immune deposits in the subendothelial space of the glomerular capillary and mesangium
 
Glomeruli affected by fibrinoid necrosis and crescents
 
Presence of tubulointerstitial or vascular abnormalities
|Class III (A)=focal proliferative lupus nephritis
 
class III disease with active lesions
 
Class III (C)=focal sclerosing lupus nephritis
 
chronic inactive lesions with scarring
 
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|Diffuse lupus nephritis (class IV)
|most common and most severe form 
 
Hematuria and proteinuria
 
nephrotic syndrome, hypertension, and reduced glomerular filtration rate
 
hypocomplementemia (especially C3) and elevated anti-DNA levels, especially during active disease 
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Light microscopy: more than 50 percent of glomeruli are affected that display endocapillary with or without extracapillary glomerulonephritis and Mesangial abnormalities
 
Electron microscopy: subendothelial deposits, at least during the active phase and diffuse wire loop deposits, but with little or no glomerular proliferation
 
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|Vascular abnormalities
|Periungual erythema
|due to dilated tortuous loops of capillaries and a prominent subcapillary venous plexus along the base of the nail
 
can also happen along edges of the upper eyelid
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|Livedo reticularis
|a reddish-cyanotic, reticular pattern on the skin of the arms, legs, and torso, particularly with cold exposure
 
induced by vasospasm of the dermal ascending arterioles
 
Vasospasm in these cutaneous vessels 
 
Pathologic examination of involved blood vessels reveals thickening of the walls of the dermal vessels with subsequent narrowing of the lumens and, in some cases, intravascular thrombi
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|Raynaud phenomenon
|vasospastic process
blanching of the nail beds, fingers, and toes (and occasionally ears, nose, tongue, and nipples) with accompanying pain
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|Vasculitis
|urticarial vasculitis: lesions may remain for more than 24 hours and frequently evolve into painful petechiae or purpura that may heal with hyperpigmentation
small arteries involvement: microinfarcts of the tips of the fingers, the toes, the cuticles of the nail folds (splinter hemorrhages), and the extensor surface of the forearm and shin
 
Periarteritis nodosa-like lesions may occur
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|Mucosal manifestations
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|Oral involvement : white plaques, areas of erythema, or punched-out erosions or ulcers with surrounding erythema on the soft or hard palate or buccal mucosa
 
painless oral ulcers
 
hyperkeratosis, atrophy of rete processes, and superficial and deep inflammatory infiltrates; edema in the lamina propria, continuous or patchy periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive deposits in the basement membrane zone, deposition of intercellular mucin, and deposits of immunoglobulin and complement at the dermal-epidermal junction 
 
Nasal ulcers: lower nasal septum and tend to be bilateral and parallel
 
Nasal perforation, possibly secondary to vasculitis rare but may happen
 
|Treatment: topical corticosteroids, tacrolimus 0.1% ointment, intralesional corticosteroids, and systemic antimalarial drugs
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|rare and distinct complication of SLE 
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahshid Mir, M.D. [2]

Overview

In the earlier stages of the disease, patients appear well, while in the late stages of the disease, patients are clearly ill with multi-organ involvement. The patient may show a wide range of skin manifestations including urticaria, bullous lesions, malar rash, and scarring alopecia. The patient may develop nasal and oral ulcers. Arthritis may lead to a decreased range of motion, joint effusion, and arthralgia. Neurological manifestations including psychosis, cognitive impairment, and hallucinations, may also be present. 

Physical Examination

Appearance of the Patient

  • Patient appears well in the earlier stages of the disease
  • Patient appears ill in the late stages of the disease due to multi-organ involvement

Vital Signs

Skin[1][2][3]

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Neck[9][10]

Lungs[11][12][13]

Heart[14][10][15]

Abdomen[16][17][18][19]

Extremities[20][21][22][23][24]

Neuromuscular[25][26][27][28]

  • Patient is usually oriented to persons, place, and time based on the disease course
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Hallucinations
  • Memory deficit
    • Loose associations
    • Impoverished thought content
    • Illogical thinking
    • Bizarre disorganised or catatonic behaviour

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References

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  2. Szczęch J, Rutka M, Samotij D, Zalewska A, Reich A (2016). "Clinical characteristics of cutaneous lupus erythematosus". Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 33 (1): 13–7. doi:10.5114/pdia.2014.44031. PMC 4793050. PMID 26985173.
  3. Walling HW, Sontheimer RD (2009). "Cutaneous lupus erythematosus: issues in diagnosis and treatment". Am J Clin Dermatol. 10 (6): 365–81. doi:10.2165/11310780-000000000-00000. PMID 19824738.
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  15. Canpolat N, Kasapcopur O, Caliskan S, Gokalp S, Bor M, Tasdemir M, Sever L, Arisoy N (2013). "Ambulatory blood pressure and subclinical cardiovascular disease in patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus". Pediatr. Nephrol. 28 (2): 305–13. doi:10.1007/s00467-012-2317-3. PMID 23052654.
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