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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
retinal exudates) - SLE ... Subacute bacterial endocarditis ... fever - Bacterial endocarditis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Systemic Lupus (SLE ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... Pericarditis, Endocarditis ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Reiter’s Syndrome (Reactive Arthritis) Mnemonic - "Can’t see, Can’t pee, Can’t climb a tree" (or Can't
Mnemonic - "Can’t see ... or Can't bend a knee ... especially of the knee ... #Mnemonic #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Triad
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... • Bacterial endocarditis ... • SLE • Psoriatic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
) Differential Diagnosis ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... : SLE, Reactive ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... of hands/feet, knees ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... Erythematosus (SLE ... Usual therapeutic management ... comparison #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
), Malignancy, SLE ... 13%), Pneumonia, Endocarditis ... , Septic arthritis ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... erythematosus [SLE ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology