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Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
• This patient had ... • This case should ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease ... #rheumatology
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... • MRI shows globular ... • Treatment for ... They may be needled ... #clinical #mri
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... axial (spine, shoulders ... to get out of bed ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... differential diagnoses ... Further diagnostics should ... the underlying disease ... The treatment strategy
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
R-G or B-Y • MRI ... - Typical MS-like ... ON: should be considered ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
may show "swan neck ... Usually hard and ... Chronic Tophaceous Gout ... inflammation may be ... #Hands #Types #Rheumatology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... consistent with MS ... noninflammatory #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
), RA, crystal disease ... If that patient had ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... , MOG-IgG test should ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
tenosynovitis of the neck ... chair, getting out ... normal and can help differentiate ... TREATMENT: • The ... Diagnosis #Management #Rheumatology