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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... axial (spine, shoulders ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... Monoarthritis (>6 weeks) Can ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... ), RA, crystal disease ... Like in this case ... , you can also get ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
then deposit and can ... acute arthritic ... weird joints (shoulders ... neck pain, fever ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Gravis - Summary • an ... antibodies are ... glucocorticoids - can ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
to exclude are ... proximal muscles of shoulder ... Polyarteritis Nodosa: • PAN ... affects the skin, neurologic ... arterial aneurysms can
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... signs and symptoms can ... acute or subacute ... the main goal of ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
antibodies, which are ... ANAs RF test should ... CRP level: (1) Can ... Screening Tests for Acute ... , and low back pain
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Sensitivity to pain ... symptoms) • Acute ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
manifestations including acute ... in whom history can ... a syndrome of pain ... aneurysm and coronary arteritis ... of Infectious Diseases
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an ... or without back pain ... , MOG-IgG test should ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential