Polyarticular Arthritis
Polyarticular Arthritis: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis*
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis*
Rheumatic fever*
Ankylosing spondylitis*
Collagen-vascular diseases
Lupus erythematosus*
Scleroderma*
Polymyositis, dermatomyositis*
Mixed connective tissue disease
Polyarteritis nodosa (rare)*
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (rare)*
Wegener's granulomatosis (rare)*
Other vasculitides (rare; e.g., allergic granulomatosis)*
Polymyalgia rheumatica*
Immunologically mediated diseases
Serum sickness*
Hyperglobulinemic purpura*
Hypogammaglobulinemia*
Alpha-interferon induced
Mixed cryoglobulinemia (rare)*
Systemic diseases
Sjögren's syndrome*
Reiter's syndrome*
Psoriasis*
Behçet's syndrome*
Inflammatory bowel disease*
Ulcerative colitis
Regional enteritis
Intestinal bypass*
Pancreatic disease
Carcinoma
Pancreatitis
Whipple's disease*
Familial Mediterranean fever*
Amyloidosis
Sarcoidosis*
Hematologic disorders
Leukemia*
Lymphoma*
Multiple myeloma*
Hemophilia
Hemoglobinopathies (especially sickle cell anemia, thalassemia)*
Storage diseases (e.g., Gaucher's disease, Fabry's disease, hyperlipoproteinemia)*
Ochronosis
Hemochromatosis
Wilson's disease
Acromegaly
Hypothyroidism
Renal transplantation
Degenerative joint disease
Trauma
Neuropathic arthropathy (e.g., tabes dorsalis, diabetes mellitus, syringomyelia)
Joint tumor
Pigmented villonodular synovitis
Hemangioma
Sarcoma
Infection*
Bacterial (especially gonococcus, staphylococcus, pneumococcus)
Viral (especially hepatitis B, mumps, rubella, arboviruses, parvovirus, retrovirus)
Tuberculous
Fungal (candida with central venous line or
hyperalimentation)
Rickettsial
Parasitic
Lyme disease
Others
Gout*
Pseudogout*
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Intermittent hydrarthrosis*
Palindromic rheumatism*
Radiation
Relapsing polychondritis*
Acute tropical polyarthritis*
Tietze's syndrome
Nonarticular rheumatism
Bursitis*
Periarthritis*
Tendinitis*
Tenosynovitis*
Epicondylitis
Myositis
Fibrositis
Fasciitis
References
1. See Bibliography, 2.
2. Nesher G, Ruchlemer : Alpha-Interferon–Induced Arthritis.
Semin Arthritis Rheum 27(6):360–365, 1998.
*Usually inflammatory (i.e., joints painful, swollen, stiff, often erythematous and warm).
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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