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Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease

 - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
CPPD) Deposition Disease ... - Acute CPPD ... normally affected — e.g ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Pathophysiology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... of Joint Disease ... Arthritis: • Acute ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Signs and symptoms ... • Primary Progressive ... ) • Acute: ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Findings • Primary ... mellitus, thyroid disease ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs #stages ... #staging #msk
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... febrile illness—any type ... dormitories) - Lack of primary ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... weeks incubation Acute ... Romana's sign ... /symptoms, positive ... cruzi Treatment - Primary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
gastrointestinal 4) Primary ... yeast • Found primarily ... muscle aches, joint ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... • Type-I Interferonopathies ... the context of primary ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... of diagnosis (e.g ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Signs #Symptoms