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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal ... Rheumatoid Nodules, Pulmonary ... #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
susceptibility, infectious ... and chronic synovitis ... (40%) Treatment ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... #treatment
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... Acute or chronic ... infections related ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Summary Overview: chronic ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
Chronic CPP Crystal ... concomitant infection ... concomitant infection ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... : • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... : • Chronic cough ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Infections 2. ... and duration of symptoms ... Atopic diseases, Chronic ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... , AS Treatment: ... Recurrent and chronic ... management #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #