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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... Pathogenesis and Joint ... diseases features • RA ... wrists, metacarpal-phalangeals ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): X-ray features
 • Soft tissue swelling (best seen by comparing left & right
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... tissue swelling (best ... together) • Joint ... Best visualized ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for ... Knee Meniscal Tear ... The test is ... medial or lateral joint ... Meniscal #Injury #Tear
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Drop Arm Test - ... Supraspinatus Tear ... supraspinatus muscle tear ... 30 degrees, and point ... Supraspinatus #Tear
Telescoping Fingers on Physical Exam

A 69-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented for the treatment of severe
Physical Exam A 69-year-old ... treatment of severe joint ... #PhysicalExam #RA
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Inflammation of ear ... Heberden's nodes (DIP joints ... Bouchard's nodes (PIP joints ... Extrarticular #conditions #joint
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... present both at rest ... improves quickly with rest ... rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... e.g., meniscal tears
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
and Degenerative joint ... Inflammatory Joint ... nociceptors -> Pain with rest ... motion (relieved by rest ... tend to bear the
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
spondylitis - Sacroiliac joint ... of the affected joint ... rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... • Sacroiliac joint ... features suggest RA
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for ... Knee Meniscal Tear ... The test is ... medial or lateral joint ... Meniscal #Injury #Tear