Table 1. Most commonly encountered signs and symptoms in the patients of systemic lupus erythematosus.
HTN: hypertension
System Involvement | Clinical presentation |
Musculoskeletal | Jaccoud's arthropathy, arthralgia, arthritis, synovitis, tenosynovitis, myositis |
Central and peripheral nervous system | Central Nervous system: Neuropsychiatric lupus, lupus cerebritis (seizure, headache), aseptic meningitis. Peripheral Nervous system: Transverse myelitis, mononeuritis multiplex, peripheral neuropathy, small fiber neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy. Additionally, delirium, and psychosis are also present |
Gastrointestinal | Ascites, peritonitis, oral ulcers, esophageal dysmotility, protein-losing enteropathy |
Hematological | Anemia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia |
Pulmonary | Pleuritis, pulmonary arterial HTN, interstitial lung disease, pleural effusion |
Cardiovascular | Libman-sacks-endocarditis, pericarditis, myocarditis |
Renal | Proteinuria, hematuria, and glomerulonephritis |