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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 ... infections (bacterial ... #rheumatology # ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
or viral infection ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... Cardiomyopathies - Viral infection ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... gonorrhea) • Bacterial ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Acute or chronic infections ... related to bacterial ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Management Summary ... antimicrobial susceptibility ... an accessible joint ... Painless) Purulent Arthritis ... #Management #Microbiology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... corticosteroid injections ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Genetic susceptibility ... , infectious triggers ... low ferritin, arthritis ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Vascular Disease: Arterial ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Pylori (H. pylori) Infection ... - Diagnosis and ... gram negative bacterium ... differentiate past infection ... flagyl 500mg TID if PCN-allergy
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... Diagnosis: ... causes such as infectious ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management