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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Reactive arthritis ... should have other symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Patterns of Pain In and Around the Joints

#Diagnosis #Arthritis #Arthritides #Patterns #Pain #Comparison #Table
and Around the Joints ... #Diagnosis #Arthritis ... #Arthritides #Patterns ... #Pain #Comparison
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... Pathogenesis and Joint ... deviation, etc • Systemic ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... = definite RA Joint ... points Duration of symptoms ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #diagnosis #EULAR
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Inflammation of joints ... commonly large joints ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... • Systemic Lupus ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... • Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
phenomenon (20%) Joints ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... in small joints ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): X-ray features
 • Soft tissue swelling (best seen by comparing left & right
Rheumatoid arthritis ... together) • Joint ... (Joint deformities ... #RA #HandXray #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Clinical
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Inflammatory Joint ... is oftentimes systemic ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... #Degenerative #Comparison ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis