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McMurray's Test for Meniscal Tear on Knee Examination

With the patient lying supine, the examiner palpates the
McMurray's Test ... for Meniscal Tear ... PT_yuu_mizu628 #McMurrays ... #Tear #Meniscus ... #orthopedics #sports
McMurray's Test for Meniscal Tear on Knee Examination

The McMurray's test evaluates for meniscal tear.
With the patient
McMurray's Test ... for Meniscal Tear ... Examination The McMurray's ... open_michigan #McMurrays ... #orthopedics #sports
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... tears) • Congenital ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... gout #diagnosis #management ... treatment #ULT #rheumatology
Treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1st Line Strategy - GC 0.7 mg/kg/day, except for:
 • Aortitis
of giant cell arteritis ... or SC for > 1 year ... #giantcell #arteritis ... GCA #Treatment #Management ... #Indications #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Giant retinal tears ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... anterior chest wall, parts ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... 2 attacks in a year ... Gout #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Eyes • Inner ear ... polychondritis usually spares ... like "cauliflower ear ... Polychondritis #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management