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Rheumatoid Arthritis Extra-articular Signs

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  1. See Also
    1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2. Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
    3. Rheumatoid Arthritis Articular Signs
    4. Felty's Syndrome
    5. Rheumatoid Arthritis Management
    6. Rheumatoid Arthritis Antiinflammatory Medications
    7. Rheumatoid Arthritis Remittive Agents
  2. Common Extra-Articular Signs
    1. Rheumatoid Nodules
    2. Profound Fatigue
    3. Low-grade fever
    4. Normochromic Normocytic Anemia
  3. Other Extra-Articular Signs
    1. Cardiac
      1. Pericarditis
      2. Pericardial Effusion
      3. Rheumatoid Nodules in great vessel or myocardium wall
        1. Causes Heart Block and Bundle Branch Block
    2. Lung
      1. Pulmonary Nodules
      2. Pleural Effusion (very low Pleural Fluid glucose)
    3. Ophthalmologic manifestations
      1. Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
      2. Scleritis
      3. Episcleritis
      4. Keratitis
      5. Scleromalacia
    4. Neurologic manifestations
      1. Rheumatoid granulomata near nerve roots
      2. Cervical spine subluxation
        1. Results from Rheumatoid Arthritis Erosions
    5. Hoarseness (extreme and progressive)
      1. Rheumatoid changes in laryngeal cricoarytenoid joints
    6. Systemic Vasculitis
    7. Felty's Syndrome

Rheumatoid Arthritis (C0003873)

Definition (MSH)A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.
Definition (CSP)chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures; etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.
Definition (NCI)A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.
ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9714.0, 714.0
MSHD001172
EnglishARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID, Atrophic arthritis, Chronic rheumatic arthritis, RA, RA - Rheumatoid arthritis, RhA - Rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatic gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid disease
Spanishartritis atrofica, artritis reumatica cronica, artritis reumatoide, gota reumatica
Parent ConceptsInflammatory polyarthritis (C1692871), [X]Inflammatory polyarthropathies (C1692324), Arthritis (C0003864), Autoimmune Diseases (C0004364), Arthropathies NOS (C0022408), COLLAGEN VASCULAR DISEASE (C0262428), Multiple Organ Syndromes NEC (C0549513), Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory polyarthropathies (C0157913), Rheumatism (C0035435), Rheumatologic Disorder (C0748408), Rheumatoid Arthritis (C0003873), Arthropathy associated with a hypersensitivity reaction (C0263730), Duplicate concept (C1274013), Delayed hypersensitivity disorder (C1960693)
SourcesAIR, AOD, COSTAR, CSP, CST, DXP, ICD9CM, MEDLINEPLUS, MSH, MTH, MTHICD9, NCI, NDFRT, OMIM, QMR, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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