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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... Bone/Joint Causes ... of Leg Pain: ... Arthritis • Gout ... lower #extremity #msk
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Vitamin CD Mnemonic Vascular ... adductus, Bow leg ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... Algorithm - ... blood vessels • Abscess ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Causes
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Septic Bursitis • Abscess ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Non-bloody: OA, avascular ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Monoarticular • Gout ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Causes
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
and great toe pain-MTP ... POCUS revealed joint ... MSU crystals=Gout ... Labeled Schematic ... #ultrasound #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... Internal derangement/Avascular ... Crystal induced (Gout ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Left Forearm Abscess on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Our patient was a 19-year-old male with past
on Point of Care ... of left elbow pain ... This led to the ... diagnosis of pyomyositis ... #MSK #POCUS #Ultrasound
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
arthralgia, arm/leg ... pulse deficits vascular ... eruption • Joints ... tract: Abdominal pain ... tract, and often causes