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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
-60 minutes or longer ... e.g., meniscal tears ... e.g., congenital hip ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Elson's Test - Extensor Digitorum Finger Examination

Elson's test evaluates for partial or complete tear of the
Digitorum Finger ... partial or complete tear ... extend at the PIP ... #Finger #Hand # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... histiocytosis (PLCH ... Disease - Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Test

Isolate the distal interphalangeal joint over the edge of the table and observe
to flex at the DIP ... partial or complete tear ... known as Jersey finger ... #Jersey #Finger ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... signals in the inner ... Noise trauma ○ MS ... zoster virus ○ HIV ... Hearing #Loss #Differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis ... life-threatening Differential ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... stimulation - Single fiber
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitides - Differential ... episcleritis as well as inner ... ear disease ... retinopathy Lab Tests ... Cryoglobulins • HIV
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
system: small-fiber ... , UIP, NSIP): • ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Symptomatic: artificial tears
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... Diagnostic Tests ... weakness + atrophy- Hip ... flexors, quadriceps, finger ... • Nonerosive arthritis