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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Joint #pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... : • Acute or chronic ... Previous joint trauma ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Noninflammatory • Bloody: Trauma ... neuropathy so trauma ... Like in this case ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
resulting in an acute ... after surgery/trauma ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Syndrome: • A rare ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
female at birth are ... presents with an acute ... for giant cell arteritis ... normal and can help differentiate ... Diagnosis #Management #Rheumatology