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Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
• This case should ... THE X-RAY! ... anywhere with atypical ... Differential diagnosis ... #msk #rheumatology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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be made, rule out ... mass compression, spinal ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Diagnosis Framework ... (spine, shoulders ... constitutional symptoms ... Diagnosis #MSK # ... rheumatology #Monoarticular
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... caucasian • Symptoms ... Moderate orbital pain ... MS-like ON: should ... Management #treatment #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... Signs & Symptoms ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... marker Imaging: • XRay ... #management #rheumatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Better call hematology ... - Some people put ... you’ll do a good workup ... #workup #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
weird joints (shoulders ... onset of swelling, pain ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... swelling, significant pain ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... , MOG-IgG test should ... management #neurology #differential