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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 ... #hematology
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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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... Effusions: - Hematologic ... #diagnosis #msk
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... : • Joint pain ... arthropathy • 90% joints
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential ... Diagnosis • Seronegative ... Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #arthritides #Differential ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... = definite RA Joint ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #diagnosis #EULAR ... Classification #rheumatology
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Common Forms of Arthritis ... Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis ... in rheumatoid arthritis ... #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Pancytopenia Framework and Differential Diagnosis

- VA Joint Chiefs @BostonChiefs

#Pancytopenia #Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm #hematology
Framework and Differential ... Diagnosis - VA ... Joint Chiefs @BostonChiefs ... #Diagnosis #algorithm ... #hematology
Arthritis of the Hand - Arthritis Patterns

Osteoarthritis:
• Osteoarthritis of the hand usually involves the DIP and
the DIP and PIP joints ... the PIP and MCP joints ... but not the DIP joints ... patterns #hand #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #