22 results
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain • Viral ... rash) • Primary HIV ... Onset • Fungal ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... joints • Decr ... Pain • Valgus ... symptoms #signs #diagnosis ... #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... - parvovirus, HIV ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Disease: • Pain ... to bacterial, fungal ... e.g., congenital hip ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Joint Disease ... nociceptors -> Pain ... affects the knee hip ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... CD4 < 200: CMV, HSV ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... spine, shoulders, hips ... Parvovirus B19 • HIV ... tuberculosis) • Fungi ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Other causes: TB, fungal ... infection, HIV, ... or metastatic disease ... pain (10-40%), ... , infiltrative diseases
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... Pulmonary ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... nodes (PIP joints ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... - Lyme disease ... lower #extremity #msk