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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 ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
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
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
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 ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... #Diagnosis #Management