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Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... • Systemic Lupus ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... Chronic = RA, SLE ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... Pain Rash ... Sarcoidosis • GPA ... lesions • Discoid lupus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
(GCA), Takayasu's ... Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN ... (RA), Systemic lupus ... erythematosus (SLE ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
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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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... pain/Night sweats ... - SLE - Behcet ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
1) Inflammatory ... joint pain (especially ... and fingers, or pain ... #diagnosis #sle ... erythematosus #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... photosensitivity, inflammatory ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... : • Joint pain ... arthropathy • 90% joints
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
diseases, such as SLE ... tract, and often causes ... Palpable purpura, joint ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
/squamous cell CA ... • Melanoma Inflammatory ... Temporomandibular joint ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus ... Infection • Inflammatory