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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Inflammation of ear ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
venous thrombosis Near ... movement • TMJ disease ... • Temporal arteritis ... arteritis or acute ... Headache #Syndromes #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
the morning or after ... e.g., meniscal tears ... slipped capital femoral ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... placement, carotid artery ... #diagnosis
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Slipped capital femoral ... • Aortic/Iliac artery ... #differential #
Combination of Skin Findings and Arthritis in Pediatrics Patient - Differential Diagnosis
Malar rash: 
 • A
in Pediatrics Patient ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Malar ... not be seen try focus ... • Accentuated after
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
infarction, coronary artery ... aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Giant retinal tears ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Rheumatologic Disease ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... artery! ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Nephrolithiasis • Femoral ... poisoning • Celiac artery ... Chronic #Causes #Differential