SERONEGATIVE ARTHRITIS-PSORIATIC SUBTYPES

SUMMARY

1. Atypical spondyloarthropathy: similar to AS with inflammatory back pain, but x-rays show an asymmetric sacroiliitis.

2. DIP arthritis: looks like OA, but there is evidence of nail psoriasis.

3. Arthritis mutilans: severe resorptive destruction of the joint.

4. Pseudo-rheumatoid.

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