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Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
- Diagnosis Diagnostic ... Abnormal pathergy test ... vasculitis) • Arthritis ... #disease #Diagnosis ... #criteria #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
GI - Felty syndrome ... , Vasculitis (e.g ... , Marfan syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
quadrant discomfort Signs ... (e.g. dryness of ... Raynaud's phenomenon, arthritis ... PBC if 2/3 criteria ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infected thrombosis, (e.g ... Lemierre's syndrome ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... (e.g. autoimmune
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... present both at rest ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome ... Scleritis, Heart Disease ... #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #signs
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
point • De Winter syndrome ... sign A - Biphasic ... chest pain • Wellens ... sign B - Deeply ... #EKG #diagnosis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Reactive (e.g ... Enteropathic (e.g ... Sicca) Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... (HRS) - Diagnostic ... Criteria HRS-AKI ... response to 1 g/kg ... #HRSNAKI #hepatology