Continuing Medical Education: Synovitis.

Edited By: Gregory C. Gardner, M.D.
Last updated Thursday, February 10, 2005

Systemic features and differential diagnosis

Systems and related diseases/syndromes

There are a variety of systemic features that can help in the differential diagnosis of joint pain/arthritis. Finding these requires a complete review of systems and a good general examination with emphasis on the skin, eyes, heart, lungs, GI, GU, and nervous system. Below is a list of some of the diseases/syndromes for which systemic features are important in the differential diagnosis.

• Skin
  • Gout
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Lyme disease
  • Disseminated gonorrhea
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Viral syndromes
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Systemic lupus
  • Serum sickness
• Eyes
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
• Heart
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Lyme disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Systemic lupus
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
• Lungs
  • Tuberculosis
  • Fungi
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Systemic lupus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
• GI/GU
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Systemic lupus
  • Gout
  • Endocarditis
• CNS/PNS
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Lyme disease
  • Systemic lupus

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