Unilateral rheumatoid arthritis in hemiplegia.
Rheumatoid arthritis is generally a symmetrical polyarthritis characteristically involving small joints. Unilateral disease may occur when limbs are protected by a neurologic defect. Unilateral rheumatoid arthritis occurring in a patient with hemiplegia is here described.
D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000473:pathology; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography