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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Wilson's disease Pulmonary ... • Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Typical Clinical Presentations of Septic Arthritis by Pathogen and Joint Involvement

#Diagnosis #Septic #Arthritis #Differential #History #Presentation
Typical Clinical ... Presentations of Septic Arthritis ... by Pathogen and Joint ... #Septic #Arthritis ... #Differential #
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
OA, Traumatic arthritis ... crystals), TB arthritis ... , Septic arthritis ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... Lung-Cardiac Point ... #clinical #lungcardiac ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound #pulmonary ... diagnosis #mimics
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
rule out septic arthritis ... #Differential # ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
. degenerative arthritis ... e.g. psoriatic arthritis ... , reactive arthritis ... & enteropathic arthritis ... #primarycare #table
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
of a cavitating lung ... - rheumatoid arthritis ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial lung ... RA: rheumatoid arthritis ... #Differential # ... Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... with joint-space ... Differential diagnosis ... • Inflammatory Arthritides ... #Gout #Gouty #Arthritis
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Lung Nodule - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Nodule #Differential ... #Causes #Pulmonary