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Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint Pain ... Dermatomyositis Erythema chronicum ... Scleroderma • Amyloidosis ... Hypersensitivity vasculitis ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome • Vasculitis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... , Vasculitis (e.g ... conditions #joint #pain ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract: abdominal pain ... Syndrome: - Ocular inflammatory ... gut -> abdominal pain ... , testes -> pain
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Rheumatologic Disease ... whippleii (Whipple's disease ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... rheumatic fever • Chronic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
affects the skin, neurologic ... tract: Abdominal pain ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... syndrome: Ocular inflammatory
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... differentiated: • Inflammatory ... and many other inflammatory ... : • Acute or chronic ... #MSK #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(25-75%): Inflammatory ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Recurrent and chronic ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
photosensitivity, inflammatory ... ANCA-associated vasculitis ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... vein thrombosis Hematologic ... with Lupus: • Chronic
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... for All Types of Inflammatory ... response to an inflammatory ... Screening Tests for Chronic ... , and low back pain