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Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Polyarticular Join ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... ): • Septic joint ... • WBC >20k: Septic ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
- Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Monoarthritis • Septic ... Crystalline - Gout ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... #Disorders #msk
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
a stroke that caused ... joint inflammation ... joint inflammation ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... stages #staging #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
joint => Force ... ligaments and joint ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... See inflammatory joint ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Finger deformity caused ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... Osteomyelitis / Septic ... #differential #diagnosis
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
) - MSK Radiology ... interphalangeal joint ... with joint-space ... • This case should ... - **MSK rads