SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE)-JOINTS

SUMMARY

1. Lupus arthritis is inflammatory and non-erosive.

2. Involved joints may be symmetrical, asymmetrical, oligoarticular, or polyarticular; involving hands, wrist, knees.

3. Jaccoud deformities of SLE appear like boutonniere deformities of RA, but these deformities are easily reducible.

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