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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 ... #ULT #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
, bursitis) • Chronic ... cortical bone Treatment ... treatment; consider ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
scripts and initial treatment ... algorithms. ... • Abd pain “out ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... differences #diagnosis #table
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 ... lung, esophageal, breast ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
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
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology
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
the mainstay of treatment ... frequent in men Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #comparison ... #table #dermatology
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 ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology