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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... • Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... Lyme disease, Vasculitis ... #pain #differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... with rheumatoid arthritis ... oxalate Infectious Arthritis ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... pain in a few joints ... dysuria, pelvic pain ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... • Gonococcal arthritis ... blennorrhagicum • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... #differential #
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse Lung ... - Rheumatoid arthritis ... - Toxic gas Vasculitides ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonology #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis # ... Joint #pain #Differential
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Butterfly rash, Vasculitis ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... lesions Abdominal pain ... erythematosus #signs
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... pain, swelling, ... pain), especially ... Extra-articular signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... knees, shoulders Signs ... & Symptoms: • ... pain / swelling ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Psoriatic Arthritis ... Enthesitis - Pain ... Arthritis of DIP ... Arthritis mutilans ... #symptoms