5 results
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... neuropathy so trauma ... Like in this case ... #rheumatology #approach ... #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Differential Diagnosis ... How many joints are ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... Joint #pain #Differential
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Using fluorescence microscopy ... likely it will be clinically ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... What diseases are ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Denies any trauma ... Humans are definitive ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear # ... microscopy
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
anywhere - Risks: Trauma ... dissemination rare ... recommended Mayo Clinic ... Trichophyton #rubrum #clinical ... #photo #microscopy