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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Arthritis - Differential ... Diagnosis • Seronegative ... 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 ... Crystal induced (Gout ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... Differential diagnosis ... : • Inflammatory ... #Gouty #Arthritis ... #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 #
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 ... #laboratory #differential ... #diagnosis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Monoarticular • Gout ... -4 joints) • Gout ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
Monoarthritis - Differential ... Diagnosis Infection ... Coccidioidomycosis Crystal - Gout ... - SLE - Sarcoid ... #Diagnosis #Causes
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
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... Chronic = RA, SLE ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Pseudo gout ... - Inflammatory ... - SLE - Behcet