General Internal Medicine

Crystal Arthritis

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Can Milwaukee shoulder present with a large subacromial bursitis, or does it predominantly cause joint effusion/destruction?

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How do you approach using DMARDs for patients with CPP arthritis who have frequent flares?

For example, I have a patient who has frequent (monthly) large to medium joint flares (Knee, Ankle) with crystal proven disease. Did not tolerate colc...

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What is your approach to treating crowned dens syndrome?

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Is concomitant use of azathioprine and febuxostat safe from a bone marrow toxicity standpoint?

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What is your approach to urate lowering therapy in patient with gout who is on azathioprine (for example, for transplant), where allopurinol and febuxostat are both contraindicated?

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Do you avoid PTH/PTHrP analogs in patients with recurrent/severe CPPD?

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Do you correct the synovial fluid white blood cell count for red blood cells, and if so, is there a rough approximation/equation you use?

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In gout, do MSU crystals form only in tissue, or are there circulating microcrystals of MSU within blood vessels?

If so, does this have clinical significance?

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Papers discussed in this category

The Journal of arthroplasty, 2008-02

Determining "true" leukocytosis in bloody joint aspiration.

Pharmacotherapy, 2020 Jan 20

Drug Interaction Between Febuxostat and Thiopurine Antimetabolites: A Review of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System and Medical Literature.

Drug Des Devel Ther, 2014 Feb 17

Efficacy and safety of febuxostat in the treatment of hyperuricemia in stable kidney transplant recipients.

Frontiers in medicine, 2022 Jan 24

Crowned Dens Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Archives of internal medicine, 1990-03

Milwaukee shoulder syndrome. Fifteen additional cases and a description of contributing factors.

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