Diagnosaurus
Chronic polyarthritis
DDx
Inflammatory
- Connective tissue disease, eg, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, Sjögren's syndrome, adult Still's disease
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy, eg, reactive arthritis (Reiter's syndrome), psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, inflammatory bowel disease
- Crystal-induced, eg, gout, pseudogout
- Inflammatory osteoarthritis
- Lyme disease
- Paraneoplastic syndrome (especially in elderly, eg, hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy)
Noninflammatory
- Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Chronic Polyarthritis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114065/all/Chronic_polyarthritis.
Zeiger RFR. Chronic polyarthritis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114065/all/Chronic_polyarthritis. Accessed December 21, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Chronic polyarthritis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114065/all/Chronic_polyarthritis
Zeiger RFR. Chronic Polyarthritis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 December 21]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114065/all/Chronic_polyarthritis.
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