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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Extra-articular and Other Conditions ... Scrotal or vulvar ulcers ... ENT • Oral ulcers ... Scleroderma Thickened skin ... #joint #pain #differential
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Skin Conditions ... Associated with Joint Pain ... infection • Lyme disease ... #joint #pain #skin ... #rashes #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... test (this is a skin ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... or as primary condition ... involvement, abdominal pain ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... livedo reticularis, ulcers ... genital aphthous ulcers ... Differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
pancreatitis), joints (arthritis ... lymphadenopathy, pleuritic pain ... effusion), mouth (ulcers ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... #Algorithm #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
3rd Decade Skin ... permanent alopecia Differential ... : • Joint pain ... Seizures • Strokes Skin ... vein thrombosis Hematologic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
(buruli ulcer) ... • Predisposing conditions ... Hematologic malignancy ... diarrhea, abdominal pain ... NTM #Infections #differential
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
Ulcers typically ... frequency than oral ulcers ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... often paired with arthritis ... during attacks; arthritis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... Aldolase levels • EMG ... ) • Anti-Mi2 (skin ... • Nonerosive arthritis ... #differential #