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17 Αυγ 2023 · Differential Diagnosis. There is no single test that can diagnose rheumatoid arthritis with 100% certainty, and the diagnosis of RA shall be made clinically, taking into consideration the patient’s clinical presentation, laboratory/serological findings, and radiographic findings.
21 Μαρ 2024 · One approach to the differential diagnosis is to consider patients in terms of inflammatory versus noninflammatory diagnoses. Inflammatory diagnoses are characterized by the presence of synovitis on examination and are often accompanied by constitutional symptoms and acute phase reactant elevation.
Accurate diagnosis and therapeutic intervention at an early stage is paramount for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which are the two major types of inflammatory arthritis that involve the hand joints.
Differential Diagnoses. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown cause. The hallmark feature of this condition is persistent symmetric polyarthritis...
A good clinical assessment and biochemical findings are key to a good differential diagnosis. Imaging is often a first-line investigation enabling accurate diagnosis and treatment and to monitor disease progression. Hand arthritides have characteristic radiographic features and specific joint distribution, which helps differentiate between causes.
1 Νοε 2021 · Introduction. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are chronic inflammatory diseases that are characterized by synovial joint inflammation [1, 2]. The wrist and hand are common sites for involvement in both disease entities and the definite diagnosis is based mainly on associated clinical findings [3].
11 Ιαν 2022 · RA and hand OA are two different diseases that cause pain, swelling, tenderness, and loss of function in hand joints. Treatments of both diseases are also different. Plain hand radiographs are frequently used in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and monitoring of RA and OA.
