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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Pulmonary Disease and ILD ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... RA #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #signs #symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... patients < 50 yrs old ... ; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Conjunctivitis usually mild ... ReactiveArthritis #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
less systemic symptoms ... , holster sign, ... Classic triad of ILD ... myositis, and arthritis ... Myositis #diagnosis #rheumatology
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
manifestations Stage 1. ... years after • Arthritis ... joints (knees), 1- ... Disease #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Diagnosis Algorithm Symptoms ... quadrant discomfort Signs ... Raynaud's phenomenon, arthritis ... Diagnose PBC if 2/3 criteria ... are met: 1.
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Psoriatic Arthritis ... In Joints: 1. ... PsoriaticArthritis #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
the chest/trunk Symptoms ... early evening • Arthritis ... should be major: 1. ... Arthralgias or arthritis ... AOSD #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... knees, shoulders Signs ... & Symptoms: • ... AM stiffness, >1 ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... lasting > 30 mins - 1 ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology