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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... for workup, including ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Infections: Chronic ... #Algorithm #hematology
Thumb Instability from Inflammatory Arthritis

Patient with chronic inflammatory arthritis and her unstable thumb.

Dr. Janet Pope @Janetbirdope

#Thumb
Thumb Instability ... Patient with chronic ... Janetbirdope #Thumb #Instability ... Arthritis #clinical #video ... #msk #rheumatology
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
Eichhoff's Test ... Positive test = ... Tenosynovitis #clinical #video ... physicalexam #sports #msk ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
WHAT test - Wrist Hyperflexion and Abduction of the Thumb 

The wrist is hyperflexed and the
WHAT test - Wrist ... Abduction #Thumb #Test ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... for Chronic Polyarthritis ... (to support a diagnosis ... #diagnosis #testing ... #Rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Recurrent and chronic ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... adults in the west ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
: • Acute or chronic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Chronic distal radiocubital instability.
The function of this joint is the rotation of the forearm or pronosupination,
Chronic distal radiocubital ... and synchronous work ... #wrist #Wrist #msk ... #orthopedics #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Better call hematology ... normal/high - Chronic ... Best to have an ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology