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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... • synovitis; joint ... tenderness • joint ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
of the shoulder joint ... ligaments and joint ... tendons, ligaments, joint ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics ... #pathophysiology
Medial Approach Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Landmark 1/3 to 1/2 way from top of patella. Find
osteophytes & narrowed joint ... procedure #msk #orthopedics ... #sports #rheumatology
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
crystals from joints ... high-resolution ultrasound ... warm, swollen joint ... sclerosis & cysts, joint ... Signs #Symptoms #Pathophysiology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... predispose to other orthopedic ... BrighamChiefs #Bone #Joint ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
to detectable joint ... #Sports #MSK #orthopedics ... Grades #Diagnosis #pathophysiology
MCP Synovitis on Ultrasound
Young rheumatology patient. Florid synovitis of the MCP joint with effusion on dynamic
MCP Synovitis on Ultrasound ... Young rheumatology ... synovitis of the MCP joint ... effusion on dynamic ultrasound ... POCUS #Clinical #Joint
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
posterior through Sl joint ... Grades #Grading #Orthopedics ... complications #pathophysiology
Gout Tophus on POCUS

Linear transducer about 1cm away from bone/joint, typical of small joint in a
away from bone/joint ... typical of small joint ... tophus over the joint ... clinical #POCUS #ultrasound ... #msk #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
swelling in weird joints ... disease states Pathophysiology ... MCP, or shoulder joints ... deposition in joints ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology