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Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Inflammation of joints ... commonly large joints ... Oligoarthritis: Joint ... (mostly in lower ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... 3) Number of Joints ... Number of Joints ... destruction lower ... presentation with lower
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Pathogenesis and Joint ... poly-articular joint ... Joint involvement ... Extra-articular signs ... pathophysiology #signs
Thyroid Eye Signs 
Lid Signs
    Dalrymple’s Sign: Lid Retraction.
    Von
Thyroid Eye Signs ... Lid Signs ... Dalrymple’s Sign ... : Edema of lower ... instillation of lower
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... knees, shoulders Signs ... • synovitis; joint ... tenderness • joint ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
Interphalangeal Joint ... Interphalangeal joint ... • PIP joints are ... tendon) • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Peripheral Signs of Aortic Regurgitation

Corrigan sign	Prominent carotid and supraclavicular pulsations
Alfred de Musset sign	Head nodding with heart
Peripheral Signs ... Alfred de Musset sign ... beat Landolfi sign ... pulsation Becker sign ... Lower limb systolic
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
Stimulation of joint ... loading / use of joint ... Disruption of normal joint ... movement of the joint ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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of wrist & MCP joint ... adduction) OK Sign ... flexion at IP joint ... finger at DIP joint
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
of lumbosacral joint ... XR — scotty dog sign ... pathophysiology #signs