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Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Common Forms of ... Rheumatoid Arthritis ... wrist joints are ... deviate toward the ulnar ... #Types #Rheumatology
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
ulnar deviates ... the wrist. ... reproduction of patient's symptoms ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... Synovial enlargement forms ... boggy" joints, esp carpal ... Boutonniere's ulnar ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... in persons with rheumatoid ... dihydrate • Basic calcium ... hydroxyapatite) • Calcium ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
to form CPP crystals ... joints (shoulders, wrists ... often involves the wrists ... joints ("pseudo-rheumatoid ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... thiazidic, PPI, ACE, calcium-b ... : Usually mild forms ... comparison #table #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
Constitutional symptoms ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... thiazidic, PPI, ACE, calcium-b ... : Usually mild forms ... DrugInduced #Lupus #DIL #rheumatology