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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain worse with activity ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... • Better with activity ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
disease states Pathophysiology ... deposit and can activate ... inflammatory pathways ... Arthritis: Resembles ... Intracellular (leukocyte
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
leads to an acute inflammatory ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... cortical bone Treatment ... treatment; consider
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
, obstructive pulmonary ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Syndrome: - Ocular inflammatory ... Vessels: Supply gut ... -> abdominal pain
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... purpura, joint & gut ... involvement, abdominal ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Disease (CPPD) Pathophysiology ... deposit and can activate ... inflammatory pathways ... Monoarticular inflammatory ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... with exaggerated inflammatory ... both • Rule out ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... • Persistently active
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... 3) Abdominal, ... : • Increased leukocyte ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Meningitis, septic arthritis