Summary
Differentials
Common
- Espondiloartropatia axial (Espondilite anquilosante [EA])
- Artrite psoriática
- Artrite reativa
- Espondiloartropatia não diferenciada
- Doença de depósito de pirofosfato de cálcio (DPFC)
- Gota
- Polimialgia reumática
- Osteoartrite (OA)
- Artrite reumatoide (AR)
- Lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES)
- Artrite séptica
- Endocardite bacteriana
- Artrite viral
Uncommon
- Artrite enteropática
- Sinovite simétrica remitente soronegativa com síndrome de edema depressível
- Sarcoidose
- Artrite idiopática com início na juventude ou em idade adulta
- Síndrome de sobreposição
- Síndrome de Sjögren
- Esclerodermia
- Polimiosite
- Dermatomiosite
- Vasculite sistêmica
- Artrite gonocócica
- Febre reumática
- Doença de Lyme
- Doença de Whipple
- Artrite tuberculosa
- Artrite paraneoplásica
- Carcinomatose neoplásica
Contributors
Authors
Gurjit S. Kaeley, MBBS, MRCP
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Program
Program Director, Rheumatology Fellowship
University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville
Jacksonville
FL
Disclosures
GSK declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Jacob Aelion, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis
TN
Disclosures
JA is a consultant and on the speakers' roster for Abbott, Amgen, Forrest, Roche, Takeda, UCB, Wyeth. JA has received research funding from NIH and the National Psoriasis Foundation.
William Taylor, PhD, MBChB, FAFRM, FRACP
Associate Professor; Head
Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit
Department of Medicine
University of Otago
Wellington
New Zealand
Disclosures
WT declares that he has no competing interests.
Rod Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP
Consultant Rheumatologist
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
Chertsey
Surrey
UK
Disclosures
RH declares that he has no competing interests.
References
Key articles
Combe B, Landewe R, Daien CI, et al. 2016 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Jun;76(6):948-59.Full text Abstract
Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Landewé R, et al. New criteria for inflammatory back pain in patients with chronic back pain: a real patient exercise by experts from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS). Ann Rheum Dis. 2009;68:784-8. Abstract
Expert Panel on Musculoskeletal Imaging, Subhas N, Wu F, et al. ACR appropriateness criteria® chronic extremity joint pain-suspected inflammatory arthritis, crystalline arthritis, or erosive osteoarthritis: 2022 update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 May;20(5s):S20-32. Abstract
Reference articles
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Guidelines
- Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease
- Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: sections 1-6, 2019-2020
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