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Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
lateral hip Signs/Symptoms ... weight-bear • Arthritic ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... radiograph, may lean ... - **MSK rads ... #msk #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... , Leflunomide (LEF ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
and age/2 for men ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... (esp legs) -> Leg ... Inflammation of pericardium ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #ExtraArticular
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
the chest/trunk Symptoms ... early evening • Arthritis ... Arthralgias or arthritis ... #rheumatology # ... management
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... caucasian • Symptoms ... - Typical MS-like ... #rheumatology #