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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... reactive arthritis, gout ... Parallel, yellow = gout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Crystal induced (Gout ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... Bacterial or viral infection ... Nodules • RA • Gout ... Tophi - Gout ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
onset of swelling, pain ... diagnose concomitant infection ... swelling, significant pain ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Figure 1: Corneal ring infiltrate in a patient with #Acanthamoeba #keratitis.  Acanthamoeba keratitis is a
The infection may ... perineuritis, and pain ... out of proportion ... #clinical #photo ... #Ophthalmology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
) Inflammatory joint ... pain (especially ... Unexplained fever, when infection ... including in children (pediatric ... erythematosus #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... diagnosis • Rule out ... causes such as infectious ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Endophthalmitis: Infection within the eye. This most commonly occurs via introduction of microbes from the outside
(e.g.
Endophthalmitis: ... Infection within ... presented with acute pain ... Images #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Chemosis #Photo
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... attacks • Other joints ... swelling, significant pain ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Hypopyon: A white layer of inflammatory cells which settles along the bottom of the anterior chamber
, which is an infection ... presented with acute pain ... Images #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Photo #Hypopyon ... #Endophthalmitis