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Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Synovium • Monoarthritis ... • Polyarthritis ... Ossificans #Chronic #JointPain
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Diagnosis Algorithm Monoarthritis ... Undifferentiated Polyarthritis ... disease, Symmetric Polyarthritis ... arthropathies #polyarthritis ... #monoarthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
oligoarthritis, polyarthritis ... noninflammatory Signs ... spondyloarthritis POLYARTHRITIS ... Chronic Inflammatory Polyarthritis ... Oligoarthritis #Polyarthritis
Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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- Heliotrope sign ... or shawl sign ... - Gottron's sign ... scale - Holster sign ... - Inflammatory polyarthritis
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
, weight loss, polyarthritis ... Diagnosis #Symptoms #Signs
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Polyarteritis Nodosa ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Symmetric polyarthritis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis ... knees, shoulders Signs
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Typhoid fever • Polyarteritis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Diseases: • Polyarteritis
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
DM, Vasculitis-polyarteritis ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs