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Is the joint pain localized to a single joint? Localization to a single joint should suggest a septic arthritis, gout, tuberculosis, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, trauma, avascular necrosis, and ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
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Is it painless? The presence of joint swelling without pain, especially on motion, would suggest Charcot's disease.
Is the involvement primarily in small or large ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
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Arthritis in a single joint, or monoarthritis, is a difficult diagnostic challenge, because any disorder affecting joints may initially present as monoarthritis. After establishing that the arthritis is truly monoarticular, the most important... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Clinical history and physical examination is a fundamental diagnostic tool in polyarthritis. Laboratory findings of inflammation include anemia, elevated ESR, CRP, and thrombocytosis. Normal or low platelet count, elevated LDH and uric acid... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... Because most joints may be affected by the same etiologic processes, a general discussion of the differential diagnosis of joint pain will be undertaken, followed by a discussion of exceptions that apply to
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... The best approach to analysis of this symptom is anatomic and histologic ( Table 43 ). However, if one remembers the biochemical causes of joint disease, gout, pseudogout, and ochronosis
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... Affecting children younger than age 16, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is an inflammatory disorder of the connective tissues, characterized by joint swelling and pain or tenderness. It may also involve... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... Psoriatic arthritis is a rheumatoid-like joint disease associated with psoriasis of nearby skin and nails. Although the arthritis component of this syndrome may be clinically... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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Monarticular Joint Pain
(The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
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Approach Evaluation of monarticular joint pain should differentiate inflammatory from degenerative conditions... History ... Physical examination ... Testing ... Diagnostic assessment ... Pictures
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... Affecting children younger than age 16, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), also known as juvenile chronic arthritis, is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the connective... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Psoriatic arthritis is a rheumatoid-like joint disease associated with psoriasis of the skin and nails. Although the arthritis component of this syndrome may be clinically... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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Because most joints may be affected by the same etiologic processes, a
general discussion of the differential diagnosis of joint pain will be
undertaken, followed by a... Pictures
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The best approach to analysis of this symptom is anatomic and
histologic (Table 43). However,
if one remembers the biochemical causes of joint disease, gout, pseudogout,
and... Pictures
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