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Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
(CPPD) Pathophysiology ... swelling in weird joints ... ("pseudo-rheumatoid ... MCP or shoulder joints ... Crowned Dens Syndrome
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... POLYARTICULAR (>4 joints ... Arthritis • Systemic ... Sicca) Syndrome
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
• Seronegative Rheumatoid ... Fungal • Systemic Rheumatic ... Disease: Systemic ... Sclerosis, Sjogren's Disease ... Sarcoidosis, Still's Disease
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Hands Acute Rheumatoid ... in rheumatoid arthritis ... in acute disease ... chronic disease, ... Disease) Heberden's
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... • Rheumatic ... Heberden's nodes (DIP joints ... Bouchard's nodes (PIP joints ... Extrarticular #conditions #joint
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... Pathogenesis and Joint ... diseases features ... Peptide (aCCP), Rheumatoid ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology
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 ... Radiology #Clinical #Pathophysiology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... • Reactive arthritis ... - (Reiter’s syndrome ... secondary) • Rheumatoid ... Arthritis (RA)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome ... Scleritis, Heart Disease ... , Pulmonary Disease ... #Arthritis #RA
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... = definite RA Joint ... , +/- large joints ... BrighamMedRes #Rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #diagnosis