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Artrite psoriática

Last reviewed: 12 Jul 2025
Last updated: 28 Jul 2023

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • história pessoal ou familiar de psoríase
  • rigidez e dor na articulação
  • artrite periférica
  • dactilite
  • história de problemas nas unhas ou no couro cabeludo
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Other diagnostic factors

  • entesite
  • rigidez da coluna
  • redução da mobilidade da coluna cervical
  • uveíte
  • doença inflamatória intestinal
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Risk factors

  • psoríase
  • história familiar de psoríase ou artrite psoriática
  • história de trauma em tendões ou articulações
  • infecção
  • tabagismo
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • radiografias simples das mãos e dos pés
  • velocidade de hemossedimentação (VHS) e proteína C-reativa
  • fator reumatoide
  • anticorpo antipeptídeo citrulinado cíclico (anti-CCP)
  • perfil lipídico
  • glicemia de jejum
  • nível de ácido úrico
  • aspiração e análise de líquido sinovial
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Tests to consider

  • radiografias simples da coluna e da pelve
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) das articulações sacroilíacas
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Emerging tests

  • ultrassonografia articular

Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

artrite periférica

doença axial

entesite

dactilite

Contributors

Authors

Siba P. Raychaudhuri, MD, FACP, FACR

Professor

Director, Department of Medicine/ Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology

University of California Davis School of Medicine

Sacramento

CA

Disclosures

SPR declares that he has received research grants, prepared research papers, and attended board meetings for Sun Pharmacy, AbbVie Pharmacy, Novartis Pharma, Johnson and Johnson, the National Psoriasis Foundation, and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). SPR is the author of some of the references cited in this topic.

Acknowledgements

Dr Siba P. Raychaudhuri would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Clement J. Michet, previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

CJM is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Philip S. Helliwell, MD, PhD

Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology

University of Leeds

Leeds

UK

Disclosures

PSH is an author of some references cited in this topic.

Luis R. Espinoza, MD

Professor and Chief

Section of Rheumatology

Department of Internal Medicine

LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans

LA

Disclosures

LRE declares that he has no competing interests.

William J. Taylor, PhD, MBChB, FAFRM, FRACP

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

University of Otago, Wellington

Wellington

New Zealand

Disclosures

WJT is an author of some references cited in this topic.

References

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Key articles

Singh JA, Guyatt G, Ogdie A, et al. 2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation guideline for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;71(1):5-32.Full text  Abstract

Gossec L, Baraliakos X, Kerschbaumer A, et al. EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2019 update. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Jun;79(6):700-12.Full text  Abstract

Coates LC, Soriano ER, Corp N, et al; GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations domain subcommittees. Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA): updated treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis 2021. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2022 Aug;18(8):465-79.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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