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Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... • This case should ... • Gout can present ... Differential diagnosis ... #msk #rheumatology
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Location Based Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rule out surgical ... #Location #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
(spine, shoulders ... Very hard to get out ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... Diagnosis #MSK #
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... weird joints (shoulders ... onset of swelling, pain ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... (1%) - Watch out ... Effusions: - Gout ... - Pseudo gout ... #diagnosis #msk
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Monoarticular • Gout ... -4 joints) • Gout ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
fluid protein should ... practitioners to rule out ... point to rule out ... should also include ... #workup #algorithm
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
reactive arthritis, gout ... Spondyloarthropathies, gout ... Parallel, yellow = gout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Arthritis • Gout ... #differential # ... #extremity #msk
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
around the knee on XRay ... Myeloma - punched out ... #Bone #Tumors #Diagnosis ... #Bony #Differential ... #msk #lesions #