[Practical differential diagnosis in acute arthritis].
The most common cause for acute arthritis are crystal arthropathies, sero-negative spondarthritides and reactive inflammatory arthritis. In any case, the possibility of a purulent-septic arthritis must be excluded because of the prognostic consequences. Precise rheumatological case history and careful examination are relevant tools in providing a differential diagnosis; laboratory findings may be of great help as well. A flow-chart is suggested for rational diagnosis.
Mahrenholtz
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Abteilung Rheumatologie, Medezinische Hochschule, Hannover, BRD.
Langer
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HE
D000208:Acute Disease; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans
Praktische Differentialdiagnostik bei akuter Arthritis.