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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... tears) • Congenital ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Giant retinal tears ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... management #signs #symptoms
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... the “Chewing gum test ... in literature (NEJM
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitides - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... well as inner ear ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... retinopathy Lab Tests
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
exposure to or symptoms ... but do not meet criteria ... a syndrome of pain ... aneurysm and coronary arteritis ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... Criteria: • Sensory ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... management #neurology #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... capillaries • Criteria ... of the spiral arteries ... crackles, chest pain