Chapter: Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics: Differential Diagnosis of Joint Pain
neurologic (nerve root compression, herpes zoster, etc.)
Differential Diagnosis of
Joint Pain
Extrinsic
·
neurologic (nerve root compression, herpes zoster,
etc.)
·
generalized (fibromyalgia, po1ymya1gia rheumatica,
sickle cell (ischemic), dermato/polymyositis)
·
referred pain
·
pain originating from surrounding organs
Intrinsic
• articular
- arthritis
(degenerative, rheumatoid. crystal-induced, septic, avascular necrosis)
- neoplastic
- traumatic
(fracture, soft tissue damage, neuropathic arthropathy)
• non-articular
- bursa.
tendons, ligaments. muscle (bursitis, tendonitis, myositis)
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