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Baker's Cyst on POCUS
Very unusual ,6 years boy with a Baker cyst !!! No flow and
Baker's Cyst on POCUS ... connected to the knee ... joint. ... #clinical #knee ... #ultrasound #msk
Evaluation of Suprapatellar Knee Effusion (normal knee) on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS for knee effusions:
) on Point of Care ... Ultrasound (POCUS ... ) POCUS for knee ... joint, so scan ... #MSK #POCUS #Clinical
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... • synovitis; joint ... tenderness • joint ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... ideally limit for acute
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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Fever/Chills/Joint ... (28%) - Gm - bacilli ... 3%) - Gram + bacilli ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Knee Effusion on POCUS

Subtle Knee effusion can be made more evident by milking the inferior joint
POCUS Subtle Knee ... milking the inferior joint ... #Effusion #POCUS ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #Msk #labeled
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... pain from: • Joint ... categories of joint ... Arthritis: • Acute ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
MCP Synovitis on Ultrasound
Young rheumatology patient. Florid synovitis of the MCP joint with effusion on dynamic
Young rheumatology ... synovitis of the MCP joint ... Synovitis #Metacarpal #MSK ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Joint
Gout Tophus on POCUS

Linear transducer about 1cm away from bone/joint, typical of small joint in a
away from bone/joint ... typical of small joint ... tophus over the joint ... #ultrasound #msk ... #rheumatology #
Suprapatellar Knee Hemarthrosis on POCUS
Note the supra-patella plica separating the physiological knee fluid from the blood
Hemarthrosis on POCUS ... joint proper. ... #Hemarthrosis #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Gram-negative bacilli ... #Arthritis #Joint ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #