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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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- Malignancy 2. ... Knee Effusions - Septic ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... Effusions: - Hematologic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... erythema nodosum (septal ... (Clinical Dx). ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Clinical Presentation ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... Increased soluble IL-2 ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
history of trauma, sepsis ... organ damage Clinical ... CNS involvement (2% ... Subcutaneous dissecting hematoma ... #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
• Cytopenia: 2% ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Lymphoma, Cytopenia: 2% ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Diagnosis #Management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
syndrome #1: Pulm ... >LAP as atrial septum ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary ... #cardiology #saline