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Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pseudogout • Early Rheumatic ... DiseaseReactive ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Symmetrical • Rheumatoid ... Migratory • Rheumatic
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Disease: • Pain ... in persons with rheumatoid ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... bacterial), acute rheumatic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Gonorrhea • Rheumatic ... streptococci (rheumatic ... duration): • Rheumatoid ... • Reactive arthritis
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
deposit and can activate ... ("pseudo-rheumatoid ... • Gram stain, culture ... used to diagnose ... #Rheumatology #
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic ... of reactive arthritis ... #Disease #Rheumatoid ... #workup #diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... precipitates with calcium ... deposit and can activate ... onset of swelling, pain ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
PR3-ANCA): • Microscopic ... tract, and often causes ... vesicular eruption - Joints ... : Systemic rheumatic ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
: • Systemic rheumatic ... tract: Abdominal pain ... (PR3-ANCA)): Microscopic ... tract, and often causes ... #Rheumatology