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Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
Interphalangeal Joint ... Interphalangeal joint ... flexor digitorum profundus ... tendon) • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... Pain - Differential ... tests for the AC joint ... Cross-arm shoulder ... #Pain #Differential
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Positive Lung Point ... Lung-Cardiac Point ... Lung-Diaphragm Point ... misinterpreted as, "lung point ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound #pulmonary
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... inflammatory) • joint ... • synovitis; joint ... tenderness • joint ... XRay (erosions, joint
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
glenohumeral ligament/joint ... outside of the joint ... the defective joint ... Differential diagnosis ... Avulsion of the joint
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
Dislocation - ED Management ... dislocated major joint ... Most common major joint ... glenoid) • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... @AmyChung #Joint ... Disorders #msk #Differential
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... • Differentiate ... BrighamChiefs #Bone #Joint ... SickleCell #Disease #differential
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... blood cultures should ... an accessible joint ... oligoarthritis • Distal joints ... gonorrhea #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis Differential ... axial (spine, shoulders ... #Arthritis #Joint ... #pain #Differential