arthritis_extraarticular
introduction
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the following is a quick aide memoire of the common conditions which cause
joint swelling and some of their extra-articular manifestations which may provide clues to the diagnosis.
nails:
skin/hair:
eyes:
dryness:
iritis/uveitis:
seronegative spondyloparthropathies:
severe in Behcet's; pauciarticular ANA +ve JCA;
common in ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome
rare in psoriatic arthropathy
HLA-B27 idiopathic
gonorrhoea
conjunctivitis:
icterus:
oral mucosa:
pulmonary:
interstitial fibrosis:
pleuritis:
cardiac:
GIT:
neurologic:
genitalia:
arthritis_extraarticular.txt · Last modified: 2019/07/14 03:12 (external edit)