21 results
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Articular - Acute ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Angle Closure Glaucoma ... Nerve • Temporal Arteritis ... Demyelination • MS ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
rheumatic fever • Chronic ... Like in this case ... hepatitis, herpes • Chronic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intraarticular #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Osteoporosis #Acute ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... the time course (acute ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... : • Acute or chronic ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Other Causes ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes