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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... infection. ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... • Hepatitis B virus ... #pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... parvovirus B19 infection ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Framework Bone/Joint ... : • Infection: ... entrapment • Infections ... differential #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Pain History ... Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Acute or chronic infections ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Pancytopenia - Differential ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... deficiency Infections ... • Epstein-Barr virus ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... Bacterial or viral infection ... Cardiomyopathies - Viral infection ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Genitourinary Infection ... Sicca) Syndrome ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Temporomandibular joint ... syndrome • Dental ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO syndrome is ... lesions + Rheumatic pain ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... causes such as infectious ... #Rheumatology #