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TUBERCULOSIS
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SERO-NEGATIVE ARTHRITIDES
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ORAL ULCERS (up to 20% affected at autopsy)
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RAU
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EPIDIDYMO-ORCHITIS
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BS Sa
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ERYTHEMA-NODOSUM
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BS RS UC CD Sa
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INTESTINAL DISEASE
with fistulation, resembling CD
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BS Crohn's disease [78]
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ARTHROPATHY
a) mild non-bacterial
b) bacterial involving SI joints, hips, knees, shoulders in descending
order of prevalence
c) Pott's disease of the spine
d) TB tenosynovitis
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All
All have the same predilection for joints but no bacterial infection
AS may masquerade as Pott's disease [79]
RS BS |
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PLEURO-PERICARDO-PERITONITIS
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SLE (all) & heart only in BS UC and Sa
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ENCEPHALO-MYELITIS[80]
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RS BS Sa SLE MS UC
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APICAL PULMONARY CAVITATION
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AS produces a clinically identical picture without TB bacillus
infection [81]
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LUPUS VULGARIS
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Sa Discoid Lupus
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OPHTHALMITIS
a) phlyctenular conjunctivitis
b) periphlebitis retinae
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All associated with conjunctivitis
BS Sa
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ADDISON'S DISEASE
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Idiopathic (auto-rejective) Addison's
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FAMILIAL AGGREGATION
of cases and genetic
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All predisposed
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STRESS PRECIPITATION
and emotional factors [82]
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Most
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STEROID REPONSE
Paradoxical initial improvement. Steroids and immunosuppressives lead to
improvement of X-rays and amelioration of the acute features
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All respond
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