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Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential ... Systemic Rheumatic Disease ... Sclerosis, Sjogren's Disease ... #arthritides #Differential ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
IBD, Whipple's disease ... , Vasculitis (e.g ... Boutonnière and swan-neck ... #joint #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Aortitis - Differential ... GCA), Takayasu's arteritis ... : IgG4-Related Disease ... swinndong #Aortitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... (e.g. autoimmune ... Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... Vasculitis (Temporal arteritis ... #Origin #FUO #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... necrosis, and Paget disease ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
joints in acute disease ... In chronic disease ... may show "swan neck ... white chalk like urates ... #Types #Rheumatology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
Connective tissue disease-associated ... interstitial lung diseases ... RA: rheumatoid arthritis ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... Table #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
 -
reaction - Atopic disease ... Lymphoid variant (e.g ... EGPA, rheumatoid arthritis ... , IgG4-related disease ... hypereosinophilia #HE #Differential
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... • Differentiate ... #differential #