Korean J Med.  2012 Aug;83(2):157-161.

Clinical Manifestations and Differential Diagnosis of Arthritides

• Lee EB

Abstract

Arthralgia is one of the most common complaints of the patients. Among the different diseases causing arthralgia, the first step is to differentiate arthralgia from non-articular pain. Then, specific arthritic disease can be identified by their specific characteristics. Arthritis can be divided by several characteristics, which include acuteness (acute vs chronic), number of joints involved (monoarticular, oligoarticular, polyarticular), severity of inflammation in the joints (inflammatory, non-inflammatory), pattern of joint involvement (axial, peripheral) and temporal pattern of arthritis (persistent, intermittent, migrating, additive). Demographic features and characteristics of arthritis are key to the correct diagnosis of arthritis.

Keyword

Arthritis; Arthralgia; Differential diagnosis

MeSH Terms

Arthralgia
Arthritis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Inflammation
Joints
Resin Cements
Resin Cements