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Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
• Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... Boutonnière and swan-neck ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... at night Pain ... #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
POCUS with IJ Thrombosis ... high fever and right ... lateral neck pain ... Differential/diagnosis ... septic emboli in lungs
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... 45 years with neck ... , and low back pain ... (to support a diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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the body (the neck ... Alcohol-induced pain ... : Pain in involved ... Hashimoto thyroiditis, rheumatic ... hematology
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Sagittal View

Male with high fever and right
POCUS with IJ Thrombosis ... high fever and right ... lateral neck pain ... Differential/diagnosis ... septic emboli in lungs
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... vasculitis, rheumatoid ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... pain • Swan neck ... #Rheumatology
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
and Management ... tenosynovitis of the neck ... proximal muscle pain ... normal and can help differentiate ... #Management #Rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
rheumatic diseases ... Weight loss • Night ... tract: Abdominal pain ... involvement, abdominal pain ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Mycoses

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