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Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
 •
disorders of Liver & Lung ... Malignancies • Aging ... #Factor #RF #rheumatology ... #laboratory #differential ... #diagnosis
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... Lung-Cardiac Point ... highlight selected differentials ... False #LungPoint #POCUS ... #diagnosis #mimics
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Hands Acute Rheumatoid ... deformities of long-standing ... tophaceous gout can mimic ... #Hands #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
• Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... System Tender points ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... aeration to the point ... sliding #pneumonia #POCUS ... ultrasound #pulmonary #mimics
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... vasculitis, rheumatoid ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... #Rheumatology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Viridans (Sanguinis, Mitis ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Rheumatic ... #management #cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... muscle aches, joint ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Management #Infections