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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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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... (1%) - Watch out ... Effusions: - Gout ... - Pseudo gout
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... reactive arthritis, gout ... Spondyloarthropathies, gout ... Parallel, yellow = gout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Monoarticular • Gout ... ) • Gout • Psoriatic ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... #Causes
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Articular - Acute ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Osteoporosis #Acute ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
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 ... Gout is relatively ... DrvonBorstel #Gout
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... (shoulders, wrists ... onset of swelling, pain ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... forefoot, ankles, knees
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Monoarthritis • Septic ... Crystalline - Gout ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... #Disorders #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
to glenoid -> Acute ... capsule or bone -> Pain ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

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