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Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Associated with Joint ... Pain Rash ... B19 infection Malar ... lesions • Discoid lupus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Features of Systemic Lupus ... (SLE) General: ... lesions Abdominal pain ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... Chronic = RA, SLE ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Polyarthritis • Systemic Lupus ... with Systemic Lupus ... Erythematosus (SLE ... ), should have other ... symptoms like “
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... & NPSLE rare, Malar ... constitutional symptoms ... Manifestations: Malar ... #table #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Arthritis 69% - Malar ... involvement 3% SLE-Related ... Lupusreference #SLE ... autoantibodies #signs #symptoms ... #differential #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Typical Signs/Symptoms
Alopecia, Fever, Malar rash, Photosensitivity, Adenopathies, Lupus pneumonia, Pleurisy, Pancreatitis,
(SLE) - Typical ... Signs/Symptoms ... Alopecia, Fever, Malar ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... Signs & Symptoms ... pain / swelling ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
) Inflammatory joint ... pain (especially ... and fingers, or pain ... #diagnosis #sle ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
axial (spine, shoulders ... constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... arthritis • SLE ... Symmetrical: • RA • SLE