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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): X-ray features
 • Soft tissue swelling (best seen by comparing left & right
Rheumatoid arthritis ... together) • Joint ... closer to the joints ... (Joint deformities ... HandXray #Diagnosis #Radiology
Gold Thread Acupuncture for Rheumatoid Arthritis - Plain radiographs of both hands that were obtained at
for Rheumatoid Arthritis ... showed severe joint ... metacarpophalangeal joints ... surrounding the joints ... Clinical #Rheum #Radiology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... interphalangeal joint ... with joint-space ... mri #clinical #Radiology
Hand X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
1. Soft tissues - Look carefully at the soft tissue over
underlying bone or joint ... hand and wrist joint ... Joints - The area ... look for signs of arthritis ... Interpretation #Checklist #radiology
American College of Rheumatology Diagnostic Criteria for Gout
Presence of characteristic urate crystals in the joint fluid
crystals in the joint ... laboratory, or radiologic ... monoarticular arthritis ... - Culture of joint ... attack of acute arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... 3) Number of Joints ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... SLE, psoriatic arthritis ... differential #diagnosis #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
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... = definite RA Joint ... 2-10 large joints ... , +/- large joints ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis
Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
Hand Arthritides ... keeping the various arthritides ... drcyncity #Hand #Arthritides ... #Arthritis #Differential ... Location #MSK #Radiology
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 ... other inflammatory arthritides ... oxalate Infectious Arthritis