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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis ... Differential Diagnosis ... Disease OLIGOARTHRITIS ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Disease: • Pain ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arthritis
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
a rare chronic ... nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... Rule out other causes ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Clinical evidence of (fatigue ... Classification: ... Joint pain • Swan ... with Lupus: • Chronic ... #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... • Fevers • Fatigue ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #classification
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... , fever, joint pain ... bone marrow and secondary ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
: • Fevers • Fatigue ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... Palpable purpura, joint ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Symptoms: • Fatigue ... DDX: Rule Out Secondary ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... : Fever, joint pain ... • Nonerosive arthritis ... statins - probably caused ... Myositis #Myopathy #rheumatology