37 results
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- (Reiter’s syndrome ... (RA) - Inflammation ... Lupus - with Systemic ... should have other symptoms ... #Disorders #msk
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Neurologic system ... Genitourinary system ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
of hip (rare), Arthritis ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome ... #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Monoarticular ... • Systemic Lupus ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
• Primary Sjögren's is a solitary process whereas secondary Sjögren's
like rheumatoid arthritis ... (RA) or systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... deviation, etc • Systemic ... Extra-articular signs ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... mycobacterial), RA ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... - Arthralgia, Arthritis ... #SLE #MSK #Musculoskeletal ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... RA: rheumatoid arthritis ... lupus. ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... Table #Pulmonary #Rheumatology