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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Chronicity: • Acute ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... between visual and pain ... : - Acute angle-closure ... #differential # ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... induced (Gout/Pseudogout ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Lyme • Gout/Pseudogout ... #pain #Differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
or at work) - acute ... dissection: unilateral pain ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... #Killers #Lethal ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pseudogout Summary ... onset of swelling, pain ... neck pain, fever ... , and headache, ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... fluid • Gout or pseudogout ... dihydrate crystals (pseudogout ... Screening Tests for Acute ... , and low back pain
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
50 years • New headache ... affects the skin, neurologic ... vesicular eruption • Joints ... Palpable purpura, joint ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Arthritis: • Joint ... pain • Swan neck ... PNS and CNS • Headache
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... cough, chills, headache ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... muscle aches, joint ... pain, chest pain