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Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
- Differential ... Myalgia • Viral Arthritis ... Arthritis - Insidious ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... syndrome • Arthritis ... arthritis - Rapid ... lower #extremity #msk
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... . degenerative arthritis ... e.g. psoriatic arthritis ... , reactive arthritis ... & enteropathic arthritis
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Arthritis: - ... : - Reactive arthritis ... - Rheumatoid arthritis ... RA/Idiopathic arthritis ... Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Osteomyelitis / Septic ... Arthritis: • ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis # ... Joint #pain #Differential
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
Infection • Septic ... Arthritis • Cortical ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Synovitis • Reactive Arthritis ... Deformity #Limp #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Lyme), reactive arthritis ... SLE, psoriatic arthritis ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
erythema nodosum (septal ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Ocular melanoma • Arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Recurrent and chronic arthritis-Azathioprine