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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Arthritis - Differential ... Lupus Erythematous ... , IBD-Associated ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Pain Eyes ... • Clubbing - IBD ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... psoriasis (7-30%) • Inflammatory ... Lupus - with Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... (SLE), should have
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... gangrenosum • IBD ... lesions • Discoid lupus ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... Chronic = RA, SLE ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... • Systemic Lupus ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis ... Differential Diagnosis ... • SLE • Psoriatic ... Symmetrical: • RA • SLE ... Joint #pain #Differential
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... lesions Abdominal pain ... #SLE #systemic ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
RA: rheumatoid arthritis ... SLE : systemic ... lupus. ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
(SLE), Systemic ... (SLE), Systemic ... Drug-Induced, Inflammatory ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential