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Metatarsal Gout on POCUS

Painful and swollen 1st metatarsal. Double contour sign. Diagnosis? Gout. 

Global Ultrasound Institute
Double contour sign ... Diagnosis? ... Metatarsal #POCUS #clinical ... #rheumatology # ... ultrasound
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... not possible • Ultrasound ... double contour sign ... #treatment #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... (Clinical Dx). ... Giant retinal tears ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
, interstitial lung ... Terry's Nails ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... salivary ducts Clinical ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... #Rheumatology #
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
-->Cannot rule out ... Compartment syndrome ... with lachmans, ... >> LINK TO ACL TEARS ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic