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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Like in this case ... Chronic = RA, SLE ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... Wilson's disease Pulmonary ... • Pulmonary ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
pain / swelling ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... DIAGNOSIS based ... #management #rheumatology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... dz difficult to see ... BrighamChiefs #Bone #Joint ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... arthritis • SLE ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
) Inflammatory joint ... pain (especially ... and fingers, or pain ... #sle #clues #system ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Antinuclear Antibodies ... assay (IFA) is the main ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... Rule out other causes ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management ... extrapulmonary cases ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... bacilli to bone/joints ... for concomitant pulmonary
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... ) - Antinuclear ... , and low back pain ... (to support a diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology