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Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
Hand Arthritides ... - Differential ... keeping the various arthritides ... drcyncity #Hand #Arthritides ... #Arthritis #Differential
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential ... Diagnosis • Seronegative ... Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #arthritides #Differential ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... should have other symptoms
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Pitting - Psoriatic arthritis ... , Gonococcal arthritis ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
of Joint Disease ... • Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... with rheumatoid arthritis ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Myalgia • Viral Arthritis ... • Septic Arthritis ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK
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
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 ... Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Arthritis #Hands
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