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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... neuritis - Giant cell arteritis ... , Gonococcal arthritis ... , Reactive arthritis ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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• Gonococcal arthritis ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... blennorrhagicum • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... Sarcoidosis #dermatology
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Reactive arthritis ... - (Reiter’s syndrome ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
myocarditis, coronary arteritis ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Ocular melanoma • Arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Recurrent and chronic arthritis-Azathioprine
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
of hip (rare), Arthritis ... in small joints ... Demyelinating syndromes ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
: • Temporal arteritis ... • Takayasu's arteritis ... • Cogan syndrome ... Vasculitis #skin #dermatology ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... in Sickle Cell Disease ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... Pain #SickleCell #Disease ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... osteoarticular and skin disease ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management ... #Dermatology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... blood loss, Acute hemolysis ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... #hematology