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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Seronegative Inflammatory ... Arthritis - Differential ... Crystal Arthropathy: Gout ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... • SLE • Psoriatic ... Joint #pain #Differential
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... Differential diagnosis ... : • Inflammatory ... #Gouty #Arthritis ... diagnosis #msk #rheumatology
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Monoarticular Arthralgia #Diagnosis #Rheumatology #Monoarticular #Arthralgia #Arthritis #Inflammatory #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Algorithm and Differential ... Arthralgia #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... Monoarticular #Arthralgia #Arthritis ... #Inflammatory # ... Differential #Algorithm
Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
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• Rheumatoid arthritis ... • SLE, Sjogren's ... infections • Inflammatory ... Rheumatoid #Factor #RF #rheumatology ... #laboratory #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Monoarticular • Gout ... -4 joints) • Gout ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Nodules • RA • Gout ... Tophi - Gout ... , Gonococcal arthritis ... #joint #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
, gout or pseudogout ... Chronic = RA, SLE ... , psoriatic arthritis ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
OA, Traumatic arthritis ... SLE, , RF , Pseudogout ... birefringent crystals), Gout ... , Septic arthritis ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
Monoarthritis - Differential ... Coccidioidomycosis Crystal - Gout ... - usually LE, early ... - SLE - Sarcoid ... Monoarthritis #Differential