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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... 2) Gouty tophi ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
) - MSK Radiology ... - **MSK rads ... Differential diagnosis ... #diagnosis #msk ... #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... 2 attacks in a year ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... specificity of tear ... • Treatment for ... Differential diagnosis ... #diagnosis #msk
Gout - Management
Acute Gout Flare
 1) colchicine, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids
 2) Anakinra (IL-1 inhibitor)
When to Start Urate
Gout - Management ... Acute Gout Flare ... /year 4) consider ... #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Must rule out ... need to be ruled out ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... with Cardio-OB team ... multi-disciplinary team ... with Cardio-OB team ... #cardiology #treatment
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Friction Syndrome - MSK ... thickened with no tear ... • Treatment: Conservative ... Differential diagnosis ... #diagnosis #msk
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behcet disease) Differential ... Giant retinal tears ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... thiamine, and watch out ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare