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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Vasculitis (e.g., PAN ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Clinical Disease ... Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology # ... Algorithm #GCA # ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
- Differential Diagnosis ... (GCA), Takayasu's ... Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of giant cell arteritis ... (GCA) 1) Is ... thrombosis of short ... #Rheumatology # ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... PIP Involvement, Spares ... #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... of Joint Disease ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint Pain ... Sarcoidosis • GPA ... dermatology #joint #pain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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yrs - Cranial symptoms ... - Abdominal pain ... Oral and genital Sores ... : - Bone pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... claudication: pain ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology