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Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
- Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... : SLE, Rheumatoid ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Causes #cardiology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
• Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... System Tender points ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ocular: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Episcleritis, Scleritis, Scleromalacia perforans
 • Pulmonary:
Pulmonary: Parenchymal lung ... Musculoskeletal: Joint ... Thrombocytosis, Felty's syndrome ... Signs #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
skin lesions + Rheumatic ... lower-extremity joints Diagnosis ... • A clinical diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... ANCA-associated vasculitis, rheumatoid ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... : • Joint pain ... #Rheumatology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
regurgitation - Rheumatic ... of coaptation point ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
joints ("pseudo-rheumatoid ... culture used to diagnose ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
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