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Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
) - MSK Radiology ... with joint-space ... mass and NO prior signs ... Differential diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... Consolidations - "Shred" sign ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
vast majority of cases ... produced, incr gut ... high-resolution ultrasound ... CPPD #Disease #Signs ... #Symptoms #Pathophysiology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
sex • Metabolic syndrome ... include forefoot, ankles ... not possible • Ultrasound ... double contour sign ... +Radiographic signs
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
are not caused ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... anterior/posterior MSK ... polyarthritis(symmetrical, ankles ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Positive Carnett's sign ... accompanied by joint ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Baker's Cyst on POCUS 
63yo w p/w pain and swelling behind knee.  Probe on knee
dx) that pops out ... Sign of intraarticular ... joint path. use ... Global Ultrasound ... #clinical #msk
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #headache #signs ... #symptoms #clues ... #differential #
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... insufficiency - Joints ... especially knees and ankles ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms