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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Pitting - Psoriatic arthritis ... , Gonococcal arthritis ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN ... vasculitis (rare) • Rheumatic ... Disease (IgG4-RD), Rheumatoid ... Arthritis (RA), ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... Arthritis • Systemic ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... arthritis (RA) ... other inflammatory arthritides ... oxalate Infectious Arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... arthritis • SLE ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis #
Telescoping Fingers on Physical Exam

A 69-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented for the treatment of severe
year-old woman with rheumatoid ... arthritis presented ... Telescoping #Fingers #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
rheumaticum • Rheumatic ... • Gonococcal arthritis ... blennorrhagicum • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Diseases • Septic arthritis ... of Inflammatory Arthritis ... arthritis (RA) ... diagnosis of reactive arthritis ... #Arthritis #laboratory
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... arthritis - Juvenile ... RA/Idiopathic arthritis ... Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... Studies • RF (rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology