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Thumb Instability from Inflammatory Arthritis

Patient with chronic inflammatory arthritis and her unstable thumb.

Dr. Janet Pope @Janetbirdope

#Thumb
Thumb Instability ... arthritis and her ... Janetbirdope #Thumb #Instability ... Arthritis #clinical ... #video #msk #rheumatology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... surgeon had a clinical ... diagnosis: • Inflammatory ... #Gouty #Arthritis ... #rheumatology
Midcarpal Instability (MCI) of the Wrist

Intrinsic Midcarpal Instability
Usually affects young, hypermobile patients.
It is due to progressive
Midcarpal Instability ... slightly extended, and ... when ulnar deviation ... #Wrist #msk #orthopedics ... #clinical #video
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
joints (shoulders, wrists ... atypical locations: Wrist ... • Metabolic syndrome ... knees, fingers, wrist ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Arthritis of the Hand - Arthritis Patterns

Osteoarthritis:
• Osteoarthritis of the hand usually involves the DIP and
subluxation causing ulnar ... • MCP + PIP + Wrist ... Polyarticular gout ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #inflammatory
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection

Radiocarpal wrist injection. Often swelling is more prominent in inflammatory arthritis on radial side
more prominent in inflammatory ... arthritis on radial ... #Injection #clinical ... physicalexam #procedure #msk ... orthopedics #sports #rheumatology
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
wrist joints are ... deviate toward the ulnar ... Chronic Tophaceous Gout ... #Arthritis #Hands ... #Types #Rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Crystal induced (Gout ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Crystalline - Gout ... of Lumbar Spine and ... - (Reiter’s syndrome ... psoriasis (7-30%) • Inflammatory ... Joint #Disorders #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Lyme), reactive arthritis ... , gout or pseudogout ... Parallel, yellow = gout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #