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Systemic Diseases and Musculoskeletal System Johan van Rensburg Systemic Diseases and Musculoskeletal System Endokrine associated When to suspect occult endocrinopathy? Entrapment Neuropathy (Carpal tunnel Syndrome) Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) arthropathy Diffuse myalgia (with or without muscle weakness) Raynaud's phenomenon Diabetes Mellitus • Intrinsic complications • Conditions with increased incidence Intrinsic complications Neuro-vascular prominent Diabetic cheiroathropathy (diabetic hand syndrome of limited joint mobility) Diabetic arthropathy: neuropathic joint disease, feet (clinical and radiograph) Diabetic osteolysis Diabetic amyotrophy Diabetic neuropathy characterized by painful muscle wasting and weakness. It affects the lower limbs and is typically asymmetric. Conditions with increased incidence • Increased deposition of abnormal protein • Increase in growth factors • Decreased immunity Frozen shoulder (periarthritis of the shoulder) Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (shoulder hand syndrome) Flexor tenosynovitis of the hand Dupuytren's contracture Carpal tunnel syndrome Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) Septic joint/osteomielitis Thyroid • Hypothyroidism • Hyperthyroidism Hypothyroidism • Tunnel (carpal) syndrome • Raynaud's phenomenon • Aching muscle with findings indistinguishable of fibromyalgia • Proximal muscle weakness and stiffness with elevated CK • Myxedematous arthropathy in severe hypothyroidism • Auto-immune thyroiditis and other auto-immune diseases Hyperthyroidism • • • • Thyroid acropachy (1%) Painless proximal muscle weakness Osteoporosis Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder Hyperthyroidism: acropachy, hand (clinical and radiograph) Hyperparathyroidism • Painless proximal muscle weakness – (Normal CK BUT Myopathic or neuropathic EMG) • Chondrocalcinosis with pseudogout attacks (usually due to CPPD) • Osteogenic synovitis due to subchondral bony collapse from thinning of bone (leading to secondary OA) • Osteoporosis • Ectopic soft-tissue calcification Hypoparathyroidism • Hypocalcaemia Acromegaly •Raynaud's Phenomenon Secondary OA Proximal muscle weakness with normal CK Carpal tunnel syndrome Acromegaly Chondrocalcinosis Acromegaly: hand (radiograph) Cushing's Syndrome Osteoporosis Steroid withdrawal syndrome Osteonecrosis Proximal muscle weakness Hematological disorders Bone pain (worse at night) • Hypercoagulabilty – Antiphosfolipid syndrome • Sickle cell disease • Leukemia • Mieloma Sickle-cell disease: bone infarcts, upper tibiae (radiograph) Hemophilia: knees (radiograph) Other Malignancies Metastatic adernocarcinoma: hand (radiograph) Osteosarcoma: femur (radiograph) Other Infections • TB – Osteomielitis – Spinal involvement • Brucella – Sero-negative arthritis – Involvement of the spine • Virus – Myopathy Syphilitic neuropathic joint disease: knees Hemochromatosis: hands (radiograph) Electrolyte disorders • Myopathies – Low Potassium – Low magnesium – Low/high calcium Amyloidosis • Associated with – Chronic dialysis – Mieloproliferative diseases – Chronic inflammation Amyloidosis: shoulder (clinical and photomicrographs) Amyloidosis: tongue Granulomas, abnormal protein and chronic inflammation Erythema nodosum: legs Sarcoid arthritis: hands Systemic Vasculitis Systemic Vasculitis Classification Chapel Hill Classification • Large-size vessel – Giant cell (temporal) arteritis – Takayasus arteritis • Medium-sized vessel – Polarteritis nodosa (Classic poliarteritis nodosa) – Kawasaki disease • Small-sized vessel – Wegener's granulomatosis – Churg-Strauss syndrome – Microscopic polyangiitis • (Microscopic polyarteritis) – Henoch-Shonlein purpura – Essential Cryoglobulinemia vascultis – Cutaneous leukocytoclatic angiitis Practical Classification • Primary vasculitides – Large, medium and small vessels • • • Takayasu Giant cell arteritis Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system – Medium and small vessels • • • Poliarteritis nodosa Churg-Strauss syndrome Wegener's granulomatosis – Small sized vessels • • • Microscopic poliangiitis Henoch-Shonlein purpura Cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis – Miscellaneous conditions • Buerger's disease • Cogan's syndrome • Kawasaki's disease • Secondary vasculitides – – – – – Infections Connective tissue diseases Malignancy Drug Hypersensitivity Mixed essential crioglobulinemia – Hipocomplementemic urticarial – Post organ transplant – Pseudovasculitic syndromes Specific features Organ involvement in vasculitis Large-size vessel • Giant cell (temporal) arteritis • Takayasus arteritis Giant cell (temporal) arteritis • Granulomatous • Aorta and major branches • Predilection for Extra cranial braches of carotid artery – Often temporal artery • Association – Polymyalgia rheumatica • Clinical features • Special investigations – Raised ESR – Anemia Giant cell (temporal) arteritis Clinical features • • Usually patients >50 years Temporal artery – – – – – Thickened Tender Decreased pulsation Necrosis of skin Eye symptoms • Blindness • Emergency – Jaw claudication – Headache – Dizziness • Symptoms of systemic inflammation – – – – – Malaise Myalgia Fatigue Loss of weight Fever Takayasus arteritis • • • • Granulomatous Aorta and major branches Clinical Features Special investigations – Arteriogram • Narrowing/Occlusion – aorta and main braches Takayasus arteritis Clinical Features • Usually patients <50 years • Extremities – Claudicating • Especially upper – Decrease in brachial artery pulse – Blood pressure difference • >10mmHG • Between arms • Bruit – Subclavian arteries – Aorta Medium-sized vessel • Polarteritis nodosa (Classic poliarteritis nodosa) • Kawasaki disease Polarteritis nodosa (Classic poliarteritis nodosa) • Necrotizing inflammation • Association – Hepatitis B infection • Clinical • Special investigations – P-ANCA (30%) • Mieloperoksidase – Arteriogram • Microaneurisms Polarteritis nodosa (Classic poliarteritis nodosa) Clinical • Without – – • • Peripheral nervous Symptoms of systemic inflammation – – – – – • • • Malaise Myalgia Fatigue Loss of weight Fever Musculoskeletal Skin Kidney – – – • • Glomerulonephritis Vasculitis in arterioles, capilaries, venules Larger vessels Hypertension Microaneurisms GIT Rare – – – – Central nervous Cardiac Lungs Eyes Kawasaki disease • Coronary arteries • May involve – Aorta and Veins • Usually Children • Association – Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome Small-sized vessel • • • • • • Wegener's granulomatosis Churg-Strauss syndrome Microscopic polyangiitis (Microscopic polyarteritis) Henoch-Shonlein purpura Essential Cryoglobulinemia vascultis Cutaneous leukocytoclatic angiitis Wegener's granulomatosis • Granulomatous • Necrotizing glomerulonephritis • Clinical – <50 years – Respiratory tract • Saddle nose • Perforation of nose septum • Lung infiltrates – Interstitial – Nodules • Cavities in lung – Eye • Uviitis • Pseudo tumor – Kidney • Glomerulonephritis – Arthritis – Skin – Neurologic • Special investigations – c-ANCA • Proteinase 3 – X-rays Churg-Strauss syndrome • Granulomatous – Eosinophil-rich • Associations – Asthma – Eosinophilia • Clinical – Respiratory tract • Asthma • Pulmonary infiltrates – Migratory • Para nasal sinus abnormality – Neuropathy • Mono/Poly – – – – Musculoskeletal Skin GIT Kidney • Special investigations – Biopsy Microscopic polyangiitis (Microscopic polyarteritis) • Necrotizing – Few/No • Immune deposits • Capillaries, Venules, arterioles • Kidney – Necrotizing Glomerulonepritis • Lung – Pulmonary capillaritis Henoch-Shonlein purpura • Immune deposits – IgA • Organs – Skin • Palpable purpura – Gut • Bowel angina – Worse after meals • Bloody diarrhea – Kidney • Glomeruli – Musculoskeletal • Arthralgias/arthritis Essential Cryoglobulinemia vascultis • Immune deposits • Organs – Skin • Cold extremities – Ulcers • Raynaud's – Kidney • Glomeruli – Peripheral neuropathy – Artthralgia – Fatigue Cutaneous leukocytoclatic angiitis • Isolated coetaneous • Without – Systemic vasculitis – Glomerulonephritis Important clinical features Emergencies • • • • • • Central nervous system Mononeuritis Mononeuritis multiplex Kidney Lung Eye Treatment Medical • Treat underlying cause – – – – Malignancy Connective tissue disease Drug reaction Infections • Immunosuppressant – – – – – Corticosteroids Cyclophosphamide Azathioprine Mofetil Cyclosporine Surgical • Takayasu • PAN END