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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Diagnosis • Seronegative ... : Systemic Lupus ... Crystal Arthropathy: Gout ... , CPPD • Seronegative ... #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... • Underlying disease ... inflammatory arthritis ... Inflammatory Arthritis ... #rheumatology #
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
- Differential Diagnosis ... Monoarticular • Gout ... • Systemic Lupus ... Arthritis #Inflammatory ... #JointPain #MSK
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... : • Inflammatory ... , CPPD) - Can have ... #Gouty #Arthritis ... #msk #rheumatology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Crystalline - Gout ... psoriasis (7-30%) • Inflammatory ... with Systemic Lupus ... Joint #Disorders #msk
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
inflammatory arthritis ... Inflammatory Arthritis ... culture used to diagnose ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
- Differential Diagnosis ... species - Lyme disease ... Coccidioidomycosis Crystal - Gout ... birefringent - CPPD ... involve the b/l wrists
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
- Inflammatory ... - systemic lupus ... Vasculitis #Vessels #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology