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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... of hands/feet, knees ... , shoulders Signs ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
present both at rest ... improves quickly with rest ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... mass and NO prior signs ... • This case should ... #msk #rheumatology
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
, and back and shoulders ... interphalangeal joints ... -74%] • Blood tests ... #rheumatology # ... dermatology #diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
blood cultures should ... the preferred test ... an accessible joint ... the workup • Test ... , knees, wrists,
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain with rest ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... commonly affects the knee ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... axial (spine, shoulders ... noninflammatory Signs ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
of the Hip • Arthritis ... • Sacroiliac Joint ... Valgus position of knee ... causes #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #msk
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... should be obtained ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
(shoulders, wrists ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis