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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Gonorrhea • Rheumatic ... streptococci (rheumatic ... duration): • Rheumatoid ... #rheumatology #
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Crystalline - Gout ... Crystals - “Pseudogout ... within 1 month of infection ... secondary) • Rheumatoid ... Inflammation of Synovium
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... bacterial), acute rheumatic ... , gout or pseudogout ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... fluidGout or ... #Disease #Rheumatoid ... #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
("pseudo-rheumatoid ... Hypomagnesemia Synovial ... Fluid: • WBCs ... concomitant infection ... #Rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
: • Systemic rheumatic ... VESSEL VASCULITIS: Polyarteritis ... Cerebrospinal fluid ... , recent viral infection ... #Rheumatology