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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
• Infectious Arthritis ... Disease: Systemic Lupus ... Crystal Arthropathy: Gout ... , Reactive Arthritis ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... , gout or pseudogout ... Parallel, yellow = gout ... #rheumatology #
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Common Forms of Arthritis ... Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Chronic Tophaceous Gout ... chronic tophaceous gout ... #Types #Rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Nodules • RA • Gout ... Tophi - Gout ... Heberden's nodes (DIP joints ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... with joint-space ... mass and NO prior signs ... #Gouty #Arthritis ... diagnosis #msk #rheumatology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... Crystalline - Gout ... • Reactive arthritis ... Polyarthritis • Systemic Lupus ... with Systemic Lupus
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Monoarticular • Gout ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... ) • Gout • Psoriatic ... • Systemic Lupus
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
noninflammatory Signs ... Crystal induced (Gout ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Arthritis of the Hand - Arthritis Patterns

Osteoarthritis:
• Osteoarthritis of the hand usually involves the DIP and
the DIP and PIP joints ... the PIP and MCP joints ... but not the DIP joints ... Polyarticular gout ... hand #diagnosis #rheumatology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Features of Systemic Lupus ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... in small joints ... erythematosus #signs ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology