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Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease

 - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
precipitation into the joint ... Inflammatory response to crystals ... (especially in knees ... Repeated subacute crystal ... precipitation into joint
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
swelling in weird joints ... MCP, or shoulder joints ... deposition in joints ... attacks • Other joints ... forefoot, ankles, knees
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Knee Effusions - ... number of RBC's Crystal ... Singh @rav7ks #Knee ... diagnosis #septic #joint
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... to phagocytosed crystals ... attacks • Other joints ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... Extracellular crystals
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... 3) Number of Joints ... mycobacterial), RA, crystal ... culture, look for crystals ... psoriatic arthritis Crystals
Gout: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 - Conditions of rapid cell turnover: hemolysis, psoriasis, lymphoproliferative disorders
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easily leaks into joints ... in a peripheral joint ... Neutrophils enter joint ... phagocytose the crystal ... Needle-shaped uric acid crystals
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint ... Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals ... positively birefringent crystals ... negatively birefringent crystals ... Arthrocentesis #Joint
Knee Joint Anatomy - Ligaments

The knee joint ligaments are divided between two groups: the extracapsular (outside
Knee Joint Anatomy ... Ligaments The knee ... joint ligaments ... By @rev.med #Knee ... #Joint #Anatomy
Knee Joint - Arterial Blood Supply - Genicular Anastamosis

By @rev.med

#Knee #Joint #Arteries #Arterial #Blood #Supply
Knee Joint - Arterial ... By @rev.med #Knee ... #Joint #Arteries
Knee Joint Anatomy - Arterial Blood Supply - Genicular Anastomosis

By @rev.med

#Knee #Joint #Anatomy #Arterial #Blood #Supply
Knee Joint Anatomy ... By @rev.med #Knee ... #Joint #Anatomy