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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... Colchicine: Acute and chronic ... treatmentChronic ... flares/year 2) Gouty ... NUIM_Chiefs #gout
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
, bursitis) • Chronic ... • Chronic recurrent ... cortical bone Treatment ... treatment; consider ... diagnosis #management #treatment
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
Chronic CPP Crystal ... Monosodium urate ... predominance • Urate ... infection Serum Urate ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum • A chronic ... because nothing chronic ... lung, esophageal, breast ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
recommendations, treatments ... Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic ... #medications #treatment ... Breast-feeding and ... Role of the Gut
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
Like Conditions - Differential ... the mainstay of treatment ... frequent in men Chronic ... #Scleroderma #Differential ... #Diagnosis #comparison
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
syndrome is a rare chronic ... diagnosis • Rule out ... radiographs of affected areas ... the collar bone, breast ... and lower jaw Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
anemia DDX: Rule Out ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... blood count with differential ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... periventricular areas ... Frequently "punched-out ... CNS #Infections #differential
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
chair, getting out ... normal and can help differentiate ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... for PMR is a chronic