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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joints • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... should have other symptoms ... arthropathies #polyarthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings

In tendons and connective tissues:
 • Enthesitis  - Pain/tenderness over
Psoriatic Arthritis ... Arthritis of DIP ... Symmetric polyarthritis ... Arthritis mutilans ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
oligoarthritis, polyarthritis ... constitutional symptoms ... spondyloarthritis POLYARTHRITIS ... Chronic Inflammatory Polyarthritis ... Oligoarthritis #Polyarthritis
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Conditions With Arteritis ... Coronaries Takayasu's arteritis ... BP Giant cell arteritis ... yrs - Cranial symptoms ... vision loss) Polyarteritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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and often causes arthritis ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis ... VASCULITIS: • Polyarteritis ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... EGPA, microscopic polyarteritis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Features: • Many symptoms ... patients have no symptoms ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... fever, migratory polyarthritis ... Management #Signs #Symptoms
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis ... VESSEL VASCULITIS: Polyarteritis ... • Progressive symptoms ... and often causes arthritis
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
cause different symptoms ... Neurosarcoidosis • Polyarteritis ... • Rheumatoid arthritis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Onycholysis - Psoriatic arthritis ... Pitting - Psoriatic arthritis ... Tumor-associated arthritis ... , Takayasu's arteritis