Diagnosaurus
Rheumatoid arthritis
DDx
- Gout with tophi (mistaken for nodules)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Parvovirus B19 infection
- Osteoarthritis or inflammatory osteoarthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Hemochromatosis (metacarpophalangeal & wrist joints)
- Adult Still's disease
- Lyme disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Rubella arthritis
- Hepatitis B or C
- Palindromic rheumatism
- Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (paraneoplastic)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Rheumatoid Arthritis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114033/all/Rheumatoid_arthritis.
Zeiger RFR. Rheumatoid arthritis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114033/all/Rheumatoid_arthritis. Accessed July 30, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Rheumatoid arthritis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114033/all/Rheumatoid_arthritis
Zeiger RFR. Rheumatoid Arthritis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 July 30]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114033/all/Rheumatoid_arthritis.
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