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Osteoarthritis
older patients, DIP/PIP, hip, knee

joint fluid WBC <2000, 25% neutrophils

Heberdens (DIP) and Bouchard's (fingers) nodes.

worse in evening. ostephytes, joint space narrows. NSAIDs
Rheumatoid arthritis
women 20-45 y/o, PIP/MCP, wrist

joint fluid >2000 WBCs, >50% Neutro

pos rheum factor. NSAIDs, MTX, etanercepts, hydroxychloroquine.
JRA
rheumatoid factor ned. uveitis. pauciarticular
Gout
older men, esp big toe, joint fluid w/ >2000 WBCs, 50% neurophils, NEGATIVE BIREFRINGENT crystals. Colchicine or NSAIDs for acute. allopurinol, probenecid, alkaline urine.
Pseudogout
older, knees, elbows. high WBC, nigh Neutrophils, caldium pyrophosphate, POSITIVE BIREFRINGENT crystals (Pos, Pseudo)
Behcet's
autoimmune

20s male, oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, arthritis, skin lesions (e. nodosum). steroids.
Dermatomyositis
50s women, proximal muscles, elevated CPK, heliotrope rash around eyes, periorbital edema. biopsy for dx, steroids.
Kawasaki
female Japanese <5 y/o. truncal rash, >5d fever, conjunctival inj, cervical lymphadenopathy, strawberry toungue, late skin desquamation on palms/soles, arthritis. Risk of coronary vasculitis - aneurysms. Tx ASA and IVIG
Polyarteritis Nodosa
a/w hep b and cryoglobulinemia. fever, abd pain, wt loss, renal, peripheral neuropathy. leukocytosis, anemia, hematuria/protienuria. Medium vasculitis. biopsy.
Scleroderma
autoimmune
CREST, heartburn, masklike facies, ANA. anticentromere Ab (CREST), anti-topoisomerase (scleroderma). steroids.
Sjogren's
autoimmune
dry eyes, dry mouth, a/s other AI disease. eyedrops, hygeine.
SLE
autoimmune
classic sx
1. ANA, 2. anti-smith. also VDRL/RPR, lupus anticoagulant, and -cytopenia.

hydroxychloroquine, NSAIDs, steroids, immunosuppressants
Takayatsu's Arteritis
autoimmune
age 15-30 women, east asian.
absent pulse. Affects AORTIC ARCH. CT or MRI.

steroids, cyclophosphamide
Wegener's Granulomatosis
autoimmune
sim to Goodpasture's, but older patients, positive ANCA.
Nasal, kung, renal involvement.

cyclophosphamide
fibromyalgia
young women, lots of locatins, normal ESr, biopsy. Tx antidepressants, NSAIDs
polymyositis
50 y/o women, prox muscles, high ESR, abnormal biopsy, high muscle enzymes. steroids.
polymyalgia rheumatica
women >50, pectoral and pelvic girdles, neck, HIGH ESR, normal biopsy, a/w temporal arteritis. Steroids.