7 results
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... infection. ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Associated with Joint ... Pain Rash ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... lesions • Discoid lupus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Genitourinary Infection ... Arthritis • Systemic Lupus ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
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
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Arthritis: • Joint ... pain • Swan neck ... arthropathy • 90% joints
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
inflammation Others: • Lupus ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... such as systemic lupus ... to exclude are infections ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... attacks • Other joints ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... management #treatment #rheumatology