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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
suggested by warmth, effusion ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... nodules, joint effusions ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... #management #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint Pain ... History: Is the pain ... in persons with rheumatoid ... Previous joint trauma ... #MSK #rheumatology
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
MTP Gout Effusion ... and great toe pain-MTP ... No trauma. ... without using ultrasound ... #MSK #Toe
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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... bacterial), acute rheumatic ... neuropathy so trauma ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
after surgery/trauma ... onset of swelling, pain ... joints ("pseudo-rheumatoid ... with acute neck pain ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology