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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... , abdomen) - Arterial ... , Takayasu arteritis ... Aortitis #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Differential #
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Fever • Bacterial ... • Subacute bacterial ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... murmur, fever - Bacterial ... #joint #pain #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
- Think about bacterial ... infections (bacterial ... Septic joint (bacterial ... you can also get bacterial ... #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... • Inflammatory arthritis ... infections related to bacterial ... #rheumatology #approach ... #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Differential Diagnosis ... virus • Rubella Bacterial ... gonorrhea) • Bacterial ... Joint #pain #Differential
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
of Hematuria - Differential ... - Infective - Bacterial ... Stricture Bladder - Bacterial ... mainly women), Urethritis ... Diagnosis #Causes #urology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Approach to Thrombocytosis ... Platelet Count - Differential ... hematology for workup ... infections, TB, Acute bacterial ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Vascular Disease: Arterial ... Behcet disease) Differential ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Approach ... , CMV, EBV - Bacterial ... dystrophies Work ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Hematuria: • Urethritis ... Infection (Viral/Bacterial ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #nephrology #renal