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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... PIP Involvement, Spares ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Conditions With Arteritis ... Coronaries Takayasu's arteritis ... BP Giant cell arteritis ... yrs - Cranial symptoms ... CoronaryArtery #Coronaries #Arteritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
myocarditis, coronary arteritis ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Ocular melanoma • Arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... Recurrent and chronic arthritis-Azathioprine
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... Complications Signs ... /Symptoms: - ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... Complications #Signs
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... with rheumatoid arthritis ... oxalate Infectious Arthritis ... differential #diagnosis #arthritis
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Stages of Lyme Disease ... Early Lyme Disease ... Constitutional symptoms ... Gastrointestinal symptoms ... manifestations - Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Psoriatic Arthritis ... , ridging, oil spots ... Arthritis of DIP ... Arthritis mutilans ... #symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... yrs old; F>M Signs ... /Symptoms: - Fever ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... - Rheumatoid arthritis ... RA/Idiopathic arthritis ... Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Clinical Disease ... Patients With Symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis