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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... within 1 month of infection ... arthritis - with the skin ... should have other symptoms ... #Disorders #msk
Stages of Syphilis
Early Primary:
 • Painless chancre
 • Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Secondary:
 • Fever, malaise
 • Rash
testing • No symptoms ... • Gummatous • Nodular ... lesions in bone, skin ... unknown - VA Joint ... #signs #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Acute or chronic infections ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Diagnosis: ... • A clinical diagnosis ... causes such as infectious ... sites such as the collar ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... management #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... vesicular eruption • Joints ... • Progressive symptoms ... Palpable purpura, joint ... #Rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... muscle aches, joint ... osteomyelitis or skin ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... Mouth, throat, skin
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... to exclude are infections ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... Malignancy • Infections ... pulmonary emboli, and ocular ... Cryofibrinogenemia Diagnosis ... #rheumatology #