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Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
acute arthritic ... inflammatory arthritis ... culture used to diagnose ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
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 ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Behcet #Syndrome #diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
acute arthritic ... Acute CPP Crystal Arthritis ... culture used to diagnose ... stain and culture- Diagnose ... Diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
(KD) - Diagnosis ... , Tachycardia, Arthritis ... infections Diagnostic ... #pediatrics #diagnossi ... #management #treatment
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
• Septic arthritis ... of Inflammatory Arthritis ... when rheumatoid arthritis ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... terbinafine, thiazidic, PPI ... , ACE, calcium-b ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... lower-extremity joints Diagnosis ... • A clinical diagnosis ... and lower jaw Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... terbinafine, thiazidic, PPI ... , ACE, calcium-b ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... RTA, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management