Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Cutaneous manifestations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with different extra-articular manifestations. Among those extra-articular manifestations, there are significant cutaneous manifestations which may result in first admission to a dermatologist. In this article some specific and non-specific skin lesions of RA such as rheumatoid nodules, exacerbated nodules, rheumatoid vascu...

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Early diagnosis and treatment outcomes

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory progressive disease which in the absence of appropriate treatment can lead to joint destruction and disability. Prognosis of RA may be predicted based on the presence of some clinical and laboratory evidences.New criteria for classification of RA provides opportunity for earlier treatment. Initiation of treatment particularly by combination of DMARDs...

Extraskeletal Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Clinical Cases

Clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common disease that is now known to progress to irreversible erosive changes in the joints much more quickly than previously recognized. Physicians thus need to identify the early symptoms and signs to make a prompt clinical diagnosis and then start earlier aggressive treatment. Critical features are morning stiffness and symmetrical inflammation involving usually smal...

Pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is the most common rheumatic childhood disease; its onset is before 16 years of age and it persists for at least 6 weeks. JRA encompasses a heterogeneous group of diseases that is classified according to 3 major presentations: oligoarthritis, polyarthritis, and systemic onset diseases. These presentations may originate from the same or different causes that i...