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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
neuropathy so trauma ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... ) - MSK Radiology ... with joint-space ... Differential diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitides - Differential ... upper and lower respiratory ... and often causes arthritis ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
diseases to exclude are ... vesicular eruption • Joints ... upper and lower respiratory ... Palpable purpura, joint ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
after surgery/trauma ... swelling in weird joints ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... Syndrome: • A rare ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Friction Syndrome - MSK ... Case description ... • Treatment: Conservative ... Differential diagnosis ... • Direct trauma
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) subluxation 
The Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU), is the must ulnar of the
whether through trauma ... What is the Treatment ... Non surgical treatment ... #physicalexam #video ... Orthopedics #Wrist #msk
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... muscle aches, joint ... Begins in the respiratory ... Meningitis, septic arthritis