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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
joints (shoulders, wrists ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... • Metabolic syndrome ... knees, fingers, wrist ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... function tests ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
sex • Metabolic syndrome ... knees, fingers, wrist ... , bursitis) • Chronic ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... synovial fluid • Gout ... for Chronic Polyarthritis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... diagnosis #testing #Rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... disease • Liver ... syndrome, HIV) ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
a rare chronic ... Rheumatic pain Clinical ... Diagnosis: • A clinical ... diagnosis • Rule out ... #Rheumatology #
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... adults in the west ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... weeks without infection ... workup #oncology #hematology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... to exclude are infections ... Vessels: Supply gut ... retinopathy Lab Tests ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Chronic infections ... the Fingers Clinically ... Seen in liver disease ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Pathology #Diagnosis #Clinical