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Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
Hand Arthritides ... prior to my first MSK ... keeping the various arthritides ... drcyncity #Hand #Arthritides ... #Arthritis #Differential
Comparing Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

#Osteoarthritis #Rheumatoid #Arthritis #Signs #Comparison #Features #Diagnosis
and Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Osteoarthritis #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #Signs #Comparison
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
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joints • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... should have other symptoms ... Joint #Disorders #msk
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
- Arthralgia, Arthritis ... Erythematosus #SLE #MSK ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... and Symptoms ... Ataxia (early sign ... weakness (late sign ... #symptoms #msk
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... mass and NO prior signs ... • Inflammatory Arthritides ... #Gout #Gouty #Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Psoriatic Arthritis ... Arthritis of DIP ... Arthritis mutilans ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Genitourinary tract -> Urethritis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms