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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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Osteoarthritis - Overuse syndrome ... bowel disease - Rheumatoid ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... - Acute rheumatic ... diagnosis #msk #physicalexam
Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
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a Positive (+) Rheumatoid ... not always = RA Rheumatic ... disorders: • Rheumatoid ... Dermatomyositis Non-rheumatic ... ASanchez_PS #Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome ... Heart Disease, Rheumatoid ... Vasculitis, Rheumatoid ... Instability, Felty's Syndrome
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pseudogout • Early Rheumatic ... • Reactive • Rheumatic ... Symmetrical • Rheumatoid ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Migratory • Rheumatic
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 
Compression of median nerve 
Risk Factors 
 • Obesity 
 • Female gender
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... diabetes, pregnancy, rheumatoid ... #CarpalTunnel #Syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... , Rheumatoid Vasculitis ... differentiation syndrome ... Pulmonary #Renal #Syndromes
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
• Seronegative Rheumatoid ... Fungal • Systemic Rheumatic
Rheumatic (Sydenham) Chorea

Dr. kazi ferdous @fazalabul

#Rheumatic #Sydenhams #chorea #physicalexam #neurology #clinical #video
Rheumatic (Sydenham ... @fazalabul #Rheumatic ... Sydenhams #chorea #physicalexam
Clinical signs in hands of rheumatoid arthritis: ulnar deviation, swan-neck and boutonnière deformity.

#PhysicalExam 
#clinical #photo #rheum
signs in hands of rheumatoid ... #PhysicalExam
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Endocarditis, Rheumatic ... Inflammatory: Lupus, Rheumatoid ... Arteritis, Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome