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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Pain History ... or nerve root Symptoms ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... • Systemic Lupus ... polyangiitis (GPA ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis ... constitutional symptoms ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... • Progressive symptoms ... tract, and often causes ... Palpable purpura, joint ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
/squamous cell CA ... Temporomandibular joint ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... claudication: pain ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
rapidly progressing GN ... tract, and often causes ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... and branches • GCA ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Inflammation and pain ... of the joints ( ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... lymphoma, breast CA ... ’s syndrome - Lupus
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... are not caused ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... skin (16-32%): lupus ... anterior/posterior MSK