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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
“Pseudogout” - Calcium ... Osteoarthritis (OA
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium ... precipitates with calcium ... RA • Chronic calcium ... Osteoarthritis With CPPD OA ... Pseudogout #CPPD #Calcium
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
precipitates with calcium ... Osteoarthritis with CPPD: OA
Osteoarthritis (OA): X-ray features 
 - Joint space narrowing (least specific)
 - Subchondral Cysts (pockets of
Osteoarthritis (OA ... Osteoarthritis #OA
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
Osteoarthritis (OA ... Osteoarthritis #OA
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Disease Process: OA
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
spondyloarthropathies, lupus, OA ... or pseudogout, OA ... • Non-bloody: OA ... gonorrhea, Lyme, OA
Calcium Metabolism and management 

Satyendra Dhar MD, @DharSaty

#calcium #metabolism #hypocalcemia #hypercalcemia #albumin
Calcium Metabolism ... @DharSaty #calcium
Crystalluria Guide - Various Crystals on Urine Microscopy 
 - Triple Phosphate
 - Uric Acid
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- Uric Acid - Calcium ... Oxalate Dihydrate - Calcium ... Monohydrate - Calcium
Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Acyclovir CaP: Calcium ... Phosphate CaOx: Calcium ... Dihyrdate CaCO3: - Calcium