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1. Rheumatology: Back to Basics: 2010
2. Immune Mechanisms of Disease Type I: Anaphylactic IgE eg. asthma
Type II: Cytotoxic eg. AIHA
Type III: Immune Complex eg. SLE
Type IV: Cell-mediated/Delayed Hypersensitivity: T-cells
eg. Contact dermatitis
3. GENETICS
ENVIRONMENT
4. HLA: Disease Associations HLA B27 (MHC Class I)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis - Reiter’s/reactive arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- IBD arthropathy
HLA DR4, DR1 (MHC Class II) - RA
HLA DR3 (MHC Class II)
- SLE, Sjogren’s, Type I DM…
5. We love our antibodies...
6. Rheumatoid Factor Anti-antibodies (Fc domain of IgG)
Rheumatoid Arthritis:
- sensitivity = 70%
- poor prognosis
- extra-articular features
Non-specific:
- other rheumatic diseases eg. Sjogren’s
- chronic inflammatory diseases
- chronic infections – SBE, Hep C
- 10-20% over age 65
7. Antinuclear Antibodies Sensitivity for SLE 90%+
Specificity low
- other autoimmune diseases
- family members
- drugs
- ...
8. Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test Results in a Hypothetical Population. Although the ANA may be present before the development of SLE, current estimates of disease incidence and test sensitivity and specificity suggest that most positive results are of uncertain (or no) clinical significance.Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test Results in a Hypothetical Population. Although the ANA may be present before the development of SLE, current estimates of disease incidence and test sensitivity and specificity suggest that most positive results are of uncertain (or no) clinical significance.
9. Anti-centromere Antibodies:Limited Systemic Sclerosis (CREST)
10. Other Autoantibodies Anti-DNA (native, double-stranded)
- SLE- sensitivity 60-70%
- specificity ~ 100%
- correlate with disease activity
Anti-SSA, SSB (Ro, La)
- Sjogren’s, SLE
- congenital complete heart block
11. Anti-DNA (double stranded) Sensitivity for SLE: ~60%
Specificity: ~ 100%
Levels: may correlate with;
- disease activity
- hypocomplementemia
- renal disease
12. Antibodies to Ro/SSA 30-35% of patients with Lupus
Associated with:
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- photosensitive rashes “subacute cutaneous lupus”
- Neonatal lupus
- transient rashes
- congenital complete heart block
13. Antibodies to Ro/SSA Adult: Subacute Newborn:
Cutaneous Lupus Neonatal Lupus
14. Antiphospholipid Antibodies Anticardiolipin antibodies
Lupus anticoagulant
Associations:
- thrombosis
- recurrent pregnancy losses
SLE, other CTD’s, primary
15. Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA)
Patients with suspected vasculitis:
- Wegener’s
- pulmonary/renal
- RPGN
16. Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) Patients with suspected vasculitis
- pulmonary/renal syndromes
cANCA: Wegener’s Granulomatosus:
- 80% sensitive and specific
- specificity is for PR-3
pANCA: less specific
17. Wegener’s: cANCA (PR-3) Medium + small vessels
Granulomatous
Upper +/- lower respiratory
Renal
18. Specific Diseases…
19. Osteoarthritis (OA) The most common type of arthritis
Disease of cartilage (cf. RA)
Characterized by:
- Cartilage degradation, loss
- hypertrophic bone formation
(osteophytes...
20. Primary (idiopathic) OA Peripheral Joints:
- hands - DIP, PIP (cf. RA)
- 1st C-MC
- feet - 1st MTP
- large weight-bearing joints - hips, knees
Spine - apophyseal joints
- intervertebral discs
21. OA: Heberden’s (DIP) Bouchard’s (PIP) Nodes
22. Osteoarthritis: X-ray 1st C-MC Joint Joint space narrowing
Subchondral sclerosis
Osteophytes
23. Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevalence 1:100
small joint, symmetric polyarthritis
+ AM stiffness
chronic (>6weeks)
Path = synovial inflammation
Extra-articular features
24. DIPs ?
(spared)
PIPs ?
MCPs ?
25. Rheumatoid Arthritis Deformities
Nodules
Periarticular osteopenia
Marginal erosions
26. RA: Extra-articular Features Skin - sc nodules, vasculitis...
Eyes - sicca, scleritis, episcleritis
Lungs - pleurisy/effusion
- interstitial fibrosis
- nodules
Cardiac - pericarditis, nodules
Hematologic - anemia, - Felty’s (neutropenia…)
Neurologic - peripheral neuropathy...
28. RA: Nodules
29. RA: Factors Associated with Poor Prognosis Rheumatoid factor positivity
HLA-DR4 haplotype
Degree of disease activity at onset
…
??? Early aggressive therapy
30. RA: Treatment Symptomatic
- rest, education
- splints, orthotics
- ASA, NSAID’s, Coxibs
Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)
31. RA: Common DMARD’s Methotrexate
Hydroxychloroquine
Sulfasalazine
New Biologics...
32. RA: New Therapies - Biologics anti-TNF
soluble TNF receptor
Concerns: - cost
- parenteral
- risk of infections, TB
33. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Affects 1:1-2000 individuals
African American blacks > Asian > Caucasian
Females : Males = 9:1
Any age - usually young females in their reproductive years
34. Lupus: Criteria Malar rash
Photosensitivity
Discoid rash
Mucosal ulcers
Arthritis
Serositis “Pleurisy”
Renal
CNS
Hematology:
anti-WBC
anti-platelet
anti-rbc
Immunologic:
anti-DNA
anti-phospholipid
anti-Sm
Antinuclear antibodies
35. SLE: Organs Affected Joints: 80-90%
Skin: 70%, often photosensitive
Serositis: 50%
Kidneys: 25-50%
CNS: 15%
36. Discoid Lupus Plaques
Photosensitive
Often head & neck
Scarring
10% develop SLE
37. Lupus: Treatment Sunscreens, sunprotection
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Anti-malarial drugs
Steroids
Immunosuppressants
Mycophenolate mofetil
38. Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma): Skin thickening, tightening
39. Scleroderma
Disorder of:
- small blood vessels = SPASM, ischemia
+
- overproduction of connective tissue
(collagen) = FIBROSIS
40. Scleroderma: Types Systemic
- Diffuse
- Limited (CREST) - anti-centromere
Localized - morphea
- linear scleroderma
41. Raynaud’s phenomenon Cold, stress 3 phases: white ?blue ? red
8-10% of normals
90% - scleroderma
Consider ANA when screening (SLE, CREST)
42. Scleroderma Lungs - fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
GI - GERD...
Renal - malignant hypertension
- microangiopathic anemia - renal failure
- ACEI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
43. Limited Scleroderma (CREST)
44. Acute Monoarthritis (in absence of trauma) Infection
Crystal (gout, pseudogout)
Spondyloarthropathy
45. Synovial Fluid Testing Cell count, differential
WBC: 200-2000 = non-inflammatory
2000-100,000 = inflammatory
>75,000 = septic
Gram stain, C&S
Crystals
46. Question 1: What did Ramses II have, besides riches and fame?
47. Answer: Ankylosing Spondylitis
48. Spondyloarthropathies Ankylosing Spondylitis
Reiter’s/reactive arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Axial and/or peripheral joints
HLA-B27
Path = enthesopathy
Inflammatory back pain
Extra-articular:
- uveitis etc.
RF negative
49. Enthesitis Reiter’s - erosion at Achilles insertion into calcaneus and extra bone at site of plantar fasciitisReiter’s - erosion at Achilles insertion into calcaneus and extra bone at site of plantar fasciitis
50. Achilles tendinitisAchilles tendinitis
51. Inflammatory low back pain? Insidious onset
Worse with rest
Better with activity
Morning stiffness
Family history
53. HLA-B27: Disease Associations Ankylosing Spondylitis >90%
Reiter’s syndrome/ reactive 80%
Inflammatory bowel disease 50%
Psoriatic Arthritis
- with spondylitis 50%
- with peripheral arthritis 15%
Caucasians 8%
Inuit 25%
54. Reactive Arthritis: Concept A sterile inflammatory arthritis
- triggered by an infection
- at a distant site (GI or GU)
- in a genetically susceptible host
An inflammatory reaction to a persistent organism or antigen(s)
55. Bacteria that Trigger Reactive Arthritis Post-venereal: Chlamydia trachomatis
Post-dysenteric:
Salmonella
Shigella flexneri
Yersinia enterocolitica
Campylobacter
Clostridium difficile
56. HLA-B27: Reactive Arthritis
57. Spondyloarthropathies: Extra-articular features Skin: Psoriasis, E. nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum...
Eyes: iritis, conjunctivitis
Lungs: apical pulmonary fibrosis
Cardiac: aortic insufficiency, conduction abnormalities
Neurologic: cauda equina...
59. Reiter’s Syndrome
60. Gout Acute monoarthritis
- lasts days
- recurrent attacks
Uncontrolled hyperuricemia
? tophi
? polyarthritis
61. Gout: uric acid crystals Needle-shaped
Strong negative bireringence
Phagocytosed by PMN’s
62. Gout: Treatment Asymptomatic hyperuricemia ? none
Acute attack - NSAID’s
- colchicine
- steroid’s
Indications to lower uric acid - allopurinol
- renal stones
- frequent attacks
- tophi
63. Pseudogout - CPPD Acute monoarthritis
Knees, wrists
Chondrocalcinosis
Pyrophosphate crystals:
- rhomboid
- weak positive birefringence
64. Vasculitis: Classification Small Vessel Hypersensitivity
Medium Vessel:
- necrotizing = Polyarteritis nodosa
- Kawasaki’s
Large Vessel:
- Giant Cell (Temporal) arteritis
- Takayasu’s (Aortic Arch Syndrome)
65. Vasculitis: ClassificationNB! can have overlap... 1. Large Vessel Vasculitis
2. Medium Vessel Vasculitis
3. Small Vessel Vasculitis
66. Large Vessel Vasculitis
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Takayasu’s (Aortic Arch Syndrome)
67. Medium Vessel Vasculitis
- Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
- Kawasaki Disease
- Primary CNS Vasculitis
68. Small Vessel Vasculitis - ANCA Associated: - Wegener Granulomatosis
- Churg-Strauss Syndrome
- Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Vasculitis with connective tissue diseases
- Vasculitis/essential mixed cryoglobulinemia (Hep C)
- Hypersensitivity vasculitis (leukocytoclastic)
- Vasculitis with viral infections (Hep B, C, HIV, CMV, parvo-B19)
69. Palpable purpura
Most common vasculitis
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Ag (eg. Infection, drug)
+ Ab ? immune complex
Rule out other organ involvement (kidney, lung…)
70. Wegener’s Granulomatosis Small + medium vessels
Granulomatous
Upper +/- lower respiratory (ulcers, sinuses...)
Renal
71. Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA)
Patients with suspected vasculitis:
Pulmonary - renal:
- Wegener
- ...
72. ANCA Immunofluorescence
cytoplasmic - cANCA
perinuclear – pANCA
Solid Phase Assays (ELISA…) :
pANCA = anti-MPO (myeloperoxidase)
cANCA = anti-PR3 (proteinase 3)
73. cANCA (anti-PR3) Highly sensitive, specific for Wegener’s granulomatosis
Specificity: 95%
74. Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Age >50 years - mean = 70 years
Symptoms related to arteries:
- headache, scalp tenderness
- visual loss
- jaw claudication
75. Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis
76. Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis Diagnosis:
- CBC - anemia of chronic disease
- ESR - markedly elevated, often >100
- Biopsy temporal artery
Treatment: URGENT! (prevent visual loss)
- steroids - prednisone 60mg daily...
78. Fibromyalgia Prevalence 3%
widespread pain, tender points
sleep disturbance
Absence of inflammatory markers…
Exclusion of other systemic disorders
Treatment: - education
- exercise
- low dose tricyclic
- New = pregabalin, duloxetine
79. NSAIDs, Coxibs
80. Toxicity: ASA and NSAIDs GI: ulcers, bleeding
CVS: hypertension, increased risk MI, stroke
Renal: Na retention, edema, renal failure
CNS
platelet effects
contraindicated ASA hypersensitivity
avoid if possible - pregnancy and lactation
81. Cox-2 “specific” Inhibitors (coxibs) improved GI safety
no effect on platelets
efficacious in RA, OA, pain
?? Increased risk MI, stroke
renal effects like other NSAID’s
? caution! - elderly - hypertension
- cardiac disease
- renal disease