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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Seronegative Rheumatoid ... Fungal • Systemic Rheumatic ... Disease: Systemic Lupus ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... points = definite RA ... points Duration of symptoms ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... Classification #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Felty's Syndrome (RA ... #Arthritis #RA ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #signs #symptoms
Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
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does not always = RA ... : • Rheumatoid ... arthritis • SLE ... #Factor #RF #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... secondary) • Rheumatoid ... Arthritis (RA) ... with Systemic Lupus ... should have other symptoms
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... Lupus Erythematosus ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... features • RA ... Peptide (aCCP), Rheumatoid ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... bacterial), acute rheumatic ... mycobacterial), RA ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... #rheumatology #
Non-articular manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

#Diagnosis #Rheumatology #Rheumatoid #Arthritis #RA #Manifestations #NonArticular #Symptoms #Signs
Arthritis (RA) ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #RA #Manifestations ... #NonArticular #Symptoms
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): X-ray features
 • Soft tissue swelling (best seen by comparing left & right
Rheumatoid arthritis ... (RA): X-ray features ... together) • Joint ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA ... #HandXray #Diagnosis