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A New Era in Pain Management With COX-2 Specific Inhibitors Faculty: Chairperson: Evan F. Ekman, MD; Faculty: Carl J. Basamania, MD, FACS; Scott D. Boden, MD Release Date: May 21, 2002; Valid for credit through May 21, 2003

Even though over 90 different rheumatic diseases are recognized by the American College of Rheumatology, only three entities are commonly seen in most clinical radiology practices, even including those located in large tertiary medical centers. Osteoarthritis (a.k.a. degenerative joint disease) is the most commonly seen form of appendicular arthritis. The...

Index of Guidelines proposed by the American College of Rheumatology

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Menu on arthritis:- Adult: Differential Diagnosis Childhood Arthritic Conditions Gout Hemophilia Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Osteoarthritis Polyarthralgia in the child Pseudogout ...

Notes on
Gout
Chondrocalcinosis (Pseudogout) CPPD
Haemochromatosis
Alkaptonuria
HA Deposition Disease

Arthritic joint pains are common presenting complaints that can be difficult to distinguish from history and physical examination findings alone. Plain radiographs are extremely valuable to help differentiate between the many forms of arthritis. Classic radiographic findings in the extremities for osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, and...

Synonyms: Enteropathic arthritis, arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease, reactive arthritis.
Enteropathic arthropathy is an umbrella term used to describe various patterns of inflammatory arthritis that may be associated with a range of gastrointestinal pathologies. Its constituent conditions are classified as part of the seronegative spondylarthropathies.

* traumatic
* infectious
o septic
o granulomatous (TB, etc.)
* crystal-induced (gout, CPPD)
* rheumatoid arthritis
* pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS)

Radiographic Evaluation of Arthritis: In the presence of joint space narrowing, it is important to differentiate inflammatory from degenerative conditions. The presence of osteophytes, bone sclerosis, and subchondral cysts and the absence of inflammatory features such as erosions suggest osteoarthritis. Typical osteoarthritis involves specific joints at a particular patient age....

Rheumatoid arthritis
* Definition, epidemiolgy, aetiology
* Pathology
* History
* Clinical Features
* Differential Diagnosis and Diagnosis Criteria
* Investigations
* Management
* Felty's Syndrome
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Spondyloarthropathies
Juvenille Chronic Arthritis
Haemophilia

Radiology case 337-79 Clinical presentation: Adult woman with abdominal pain and changed bowel habit.
There is sclerosis of both Sacro-iliac joints with loss of definition of the joint margins. Incidental lymph-node calcification projected over lumbar spine. Early osteoarthrosis noted in both hips (no erosive change).

The Department of Orthopaedics is actively involved in quality patient care, teaching, and research concerning bone and joint problems. Special areas of expertise include foot and ankle, hand and microvascular, hip and knee, arthritis, sports medicine, pe

OBJECTIVES: To develop an ultrasound enthesis score and to assess its validity in the diagnostic classification of the spondyloarthropathies (SpAs).
CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that the ultrasound enthesis score could be a valid tool in the diagnosis of SpA.
Validity of enthesis ultrasound assessment in spondyloarthropathy. de Miguel E, Cobo T, Muñoz-Fernández...