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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Infectious ... Arthritis: Viral ... , Bacterial, Fungal ... , Reactive Arthritis ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
tenderness - No joint deformity ... Calcium oxalate Infectious ... to bacterial, fungal ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Myalgia • Viral Arthritis ... • Septic Arthritis ... Onset • Fungal ... #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Mycobacterial • Fungal ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... tuberculosis) • Fungi ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Framework Non-Infectious ... GCA), Takayasu's arteritis ... rare), Idiopathic Infectious ... M.tuberculosis, M. bovis • Fungi ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Medial Approach Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Landmark 1/3 to 1/2 way from top of patella. Find
Corticosteroid Injection ... Corticosteroid #Injection ... physicalexam #procedure #msk ... #orthopedics #sports ... #rheumatology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Differential Diagnosis Infectious ... Coxiella burnetii • Fungal ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... : • Rheumatologic ... SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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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- DDX: - Infection ... to the knee Infectious ... Alphavirus - Fungi ... Disease Post-Infectious ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection

Radiocarpal wrist injection. Often swelling is more prominent in inflammatory arthritis on radial side
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection ... in inflammatory arthritis ... physicalexam #procedure #msk ... #orthopedics #sports ... #rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
(90%), Fungal infections ... process Temporal arteritis ... Cervical spine arthritis ... Cricoarytenoid arthritis ... vision or black spots