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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Infective Endocarditis ... . fractured long ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Pathologic / Fragility ... Fractures - Differential ... Disease - Skull/spine ... Ricketts - Diffuse Pain ... #Pathologic #MSK
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Primary Back Pathology ... arthritis of the spine ... , Pathologic fracture ... #Differential #
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Joint • Pathologic ... • Fascitis (e.g ... Intraarticular #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint Pain ... History: Is the pain ... Enthesitis: • Site of pathology ... #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... • Bacterial endocarditis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK # ... rheumatology #Monoarticular
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology