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Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pseudogout • Early Rheumatic ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Symmetrical • Rheumatoid ... Arthritis #Inflammatory
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Crystalline - Gout ... ’s syndrome) Aseptic ... secondary) • Rheumatoid ... monoarticular #polyarticular
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
bacterial), acute rheumatic ... Polyarticular (5 ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... Gonorrhea • Rheumatic ... streptococci (rheumatic ... duration): • Rheumatoid ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic ... protein (CRP) • Rheumatoid ... obtained when rheumatoid ... ) #Rheumatic ... #Disease #Rheumatoid
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
osteomyelitis, Rheumatoid ... arthritis, Ankylosing ... the extent of disease ... wasting Bone/Joint ... : • Amyloid arthropathy
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
rheumatic diseases ... PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica ... (PR3-ANCA)): Microscopic ... Palpable purpura, joint ... : Ocular inflammatory