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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment ... Ulcers: • Treatment ... Arthritis: • Colchicine ... immunosuppressive meds) Vascular ... #pharmacology #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... abnormalities • Muscular ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... , AS Treatment: ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... mass and NO prior signs ... diffuse chondral disease ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
noninflammatory Signs ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... exam and imaging Treatment ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the Hip • Arthritis ... pathophysiology #causes ... #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
), RA, crystal disease ... Non-bloody: OA, avascular ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis ... Clinical Picture ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... immunologic assay - MuSK
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... GCA #Temporal #Signs