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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... of hands/feet, knees ... corticosteroid injections ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... causes such as infectious ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management ... #Dermatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... concomitant infection ... #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... Inhalation of spores ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... #Management #Infections