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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... positively birefringent ... • Gram stain, culture ... Gram stain and culture ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
the afternoon or early ... Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Acute or chronic ... infections related ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
(bacterial), acute ... ), RA, crystal disease ... for cell count, culture ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... #Dangerous #Deadly
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... to 12 weeks for acute ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... have positive blood
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... are positive in ... (+): Acute: ... Injury By: • Early
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Rhomboid shaped • Weakly ... positively birefringent ... • Gram stain, culture ... diagnose concomitant infection ... #Rheumatology #
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Gram stain and culture ... (ANA) test; if positive ... - Positive in ... Screening Tests for Acute
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
manifestations including acute ... patients with positive ... patients have positive ... aneurysm and coronary arteritis ... Diseases - https
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... are positive in ... Positive: • Acute ... injury by: • Early