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Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Arthritis • Systemic Lupus ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
acute rheumatic fever ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... • Rheumatic fever ... streptococci (rheumatic fever ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
) Inflammatory joint ... the face (many differential ... 9) Unexplained fever ... has been ruled out ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Arthritis • Gout ... pain/swelling - Fever ... #Leg #pain #differential ... lower #extremity #msk
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... attacks • Other joints ... 12-24 Hours • Fever ... not possible • Ultrasound ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Retained Bullet on POCUS
Although it kinda looks like an eyeball, the clinical scenario here was a
concerning for an abscess ... So is it an abscess ... history, turns out ... you want to get, never ... clinical #ultrasound
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
vesicular eruption - Joints ... Coronary arteries - Fever ... such as systemic lupus ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... #diagnosis #rheumatology