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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... pain/Night sweats ... #causes #differential ... #physicalexam
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
) Inflammatory joint ... pain (especially ... the face (many differential ... #sle #clues #system ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... surfaces of the joints ... burning sensation or pain ... : • Polyarteritis ... #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... synovial fluid • Gout ... urate crystals (gout ... , and low back pain ... #testing #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... pulses, bruis, or blood ... Large Vessel: Blood ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... -> AML: Blast crises ... , fever, joint pain ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Lungs: • Pleural effusions ... pain • Swan neck ... activation and/or medications ... #Rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
pulses, bruits, or blood ... VESSEL VASCULITIS: Polyarteritis ... tract: Abdominal pain ... tract, and often causes ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology