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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
neuritis - Giant cell arteritis ... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Pitting - Psoriatic arthritis ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... , Gonococcal arthritis
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Constitutional symptoms ... Gastrointestinal symptoms ... Cutaneous - Neurologic ... Lyme Disease - Neurologic ... manifestations - Arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... • Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... with rheumatoid arthritis ... trauma (e.g., meniscal
SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
and disorders Neurologic ... symptoms Onset ... redflag #dangerous #neurology
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis ... Constitutional symptoms ... Temporal #GiantCell #Arteritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... management #signs #symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... Complications Signs/Symptoms ... Stroke or TIA-like symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... Complications #Signs #Symptoms
Concussion - Acute Pathophysiology

#Concussion #Pathophysiology #neurology #signs #symptoms
Pathophysiology #neurology ... #signs #symptoms
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Genitourinary tract -> Urethritis ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
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 ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal