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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... Diagnosis Algorithm Monoarthritis ... @AmyChung #Joint ... polyarthritis #monoarthritis ... monoarticular #polyarticular
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Diagnosis Algorithm Polyarticular ... Join Pain • Viral ... #Infectious #JointPain
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... • Charcot Joint ... Chondromalacia - Joint ... Synovium • Monoarthritis ... Ossificans #Chronic #JointPain
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... red Macules) POLYARTICULAR ... (>4 joints) Subacute ... #Inflammatory #JointPain
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... • How many joints ... are involved (monoarthritis ... • Acute Monoarthritis ... Polyarthritis #Polyarticular
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
and Degenerative joint ... Inflammatory Joint ... • Moving the joint ... #JointDisease #JointPain ... #Diagnosis #pathophysiology
Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease

 - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
precipitation into the joint ... precipitation into joint ... space -> Subacute polyarticular ... selected MCP/PIP joints ... Signs #Symptoms #Pathophysiology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Disease (CPPD) Pathophysiology ... swelling in weird joints ... metacarpophalangeal joints ... MCP or shoulder joints ... glucocorticoids • Acute polyarticular