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How to differentiate between Symmetrical polyarthritis variant of Psoriatic arthrtis and Rheumatoid arthritis when the nail +skin changes are absent?

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Question added by Nauman Wazir , Assistant Professor and Consultant Endocrinology , Lady Reading Hospital
Date Posted: 2015/04/17
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Abdeltif Charoud
by Abdeltif Charoud , Praticien hospitalier , Laennec Hospital

DANS LA MALADIE PSORIASIQUE ATTEINTE EST DISTALE IPD INTER PHALANGIENNE DISTALE

DANS LA POLYARTHRITE RHUMATOÏDE ATTEINTE EST PROXIMALE IPP(inter phalangienne proximale)

 

LA PRÉSENCE DES ANTICORPS ANTI CCP DANS LA PR

 

ABSENT DANS LA RHUMATISME PSORIASIQUE AINSI QUE LE FACTEUR RHUMATOIDE

 

Islam Moheb Ibrahim Saeid Eleishi
by Islam Moheb Ibrahim Saeid Eleishi , Lecturer and consultant of Internal Medicine and Hepatology , Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

1- Rheumatoid arthritis classically spares distal interphalangeal joints of the hands, unlike psoriatic arthritis.

2- Psoriatic arthritis is one of the seronegative arthropathies (Rheumatoid factor negative).

3- anti-CCP antibodies are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis.

 

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