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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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- Systemic disease ... Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... SLE - Behcet Disease ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... necrosis, and Paget disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Ocular melanoma • Arthritis ... SLE, Reactive Arthritis ... , AS Treatment:
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis

Crystal-induced arthritis: Calcium oxalate, gout, cholesterol, pseudogout, hydroxyapatite crystals

Infectious arthritis: Bacteria, fungi,
Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis ... Crystal-induced arthritis ... erythematosus,* Still disease ... inflammatory bowel disease–related ... hyperlipoproteinemia,* meniscal
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... treatment Of ocular ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment
Popliteal (Baker’s) Cyst: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Idiopathic
 • Meniscal Lesions
 • Osteoarthritis
 • Rheumatoid
Idiopathic • Meniscal ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... underlying joint disease ... underlying joint disease ... Popliteal #BakersCyst #MSK
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Myasthenia Gravis Treatment ... - Symptomatic Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Treatment Regimens for Lyme Disease
 • Adults
 • Children
 • Arthritis
 • Neurologic Abnormalities
 • Facial
Treatment Regimens ... for Lyme Disease ... • Children • Arthritis ... • Neurologic ... #LymeDisease #Treatment
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Degenerative joint disease ... Inflammatory Joint Disease ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... #Degenerative #Comparison ... #Versus #MSK #JointDisease
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS