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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... should have other symptoms ... #Disorders #msk ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
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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- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polyarticular Join ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... of Joint Disease ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Joint Disease ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... commonly affects the knee ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... Rheumatologic Disease ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rickets Hip Joint ... Knee Joint • ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Differential #
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... with joint-space ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease