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Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... (Podagra, Tophi ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Gout Tophus on POCUS

Linear transducer about 1cm away from bone/joint, typical of small joint in a
Gout Tophus on POCUS ... #Tophus #tophi ... #ultrasound #msk ... #rheumatology # ... labeled
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 ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
) - MSK Radiology ... • This case should ... and soft-tissue tophi ... diagnosis: • Inflammatory ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
axial (spine, shoulders ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... leads to an acute inflammatory ... attacks • Other joints ... + tophiTophi ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
proximal muscles of shoulder ... tract, and often causes ... Palpable purpura, joint ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology