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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... " ± Horner Syndrome ... night palsy" is a common ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
wrist joints are ... fingers may deviate ... The fingers may ... #Hands #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
especially in the wrists ... and fingers, or ... including the very common ... including in children (pediatric ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Represents the most common ... Commonly affects ... Transverse White Bands ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
stiffness, most commonly ... small joints (wrists ... esp carpal, MCP, PIP ... ulnar drift of fingers ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
genital infection is uncommon ... all patients for HIV ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... Most patients are ... joints, knees, wrists
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

 •
infection - Most common ... -1 and HIV-2 • ... Phase: • The short ... Treatment: • ART ... #HIV #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
• Weakness: Starts ... Can begin in arms ... Absent Reflexes: Arms ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... cancers: Most common ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... , HIV) • Glucocorticoid
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
- Differential Diagnosis ... sterile and are ... Burrows between fingers ... , volar wrists ... Mpox • Starts