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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Fatigue is usually noted ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
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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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk ... #physicalexam
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... - **MSK rads ... : DO NOT interpret ... Differential diagnosis
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... #Leg #pain #differential ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential ... spread, B symptoms not ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Classification #pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #NonHodgkin #differential
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Red Eye, Stuffy Nose ... Thrombosis, Giant Cell Arteritis ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Headaches #diagnosis #differential
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... angioedema Note ... Peripheral #Edema #differential ... Lower #Extremity #PhysicalExam ... #Pathophysiology
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
oftentimes systemic, not ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... JointPain #Diagnosis #pathophysiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... Many symptoms are not ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... anterior/posterior MSK
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... gaze deviation: Not ... • Carefully note ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam