Clinical Case: Mrs. Robinson's Stiffness
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

An important symptom deals with the joints of her hands.
  • Arthralgia (pain of the joints) vs
  • Arthritis (real inflammation)
Indications are she has a true arthritis: edema, redness, that stuff.
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Septic arthritis
    • Bacterial
    • Lyme
    • Mycoplasma
  • Immune mediated arthritis such as is seen with SLE.
  • Gout
  • Psoriatic
  • Inflammatory bowel disease.
Let's try to make sense of all this.                                Back
 

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