Inflammatory polyarthritis in a patient with psoriasis: is it psoriatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis?
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. There are no generally accepted diagnostic criteria for PsA. Indeed, the diagnosis of this inflammatory arthritis is made by exclusion of other possible diseases and based upon immunologic, radiologic, and clinical features which are consistent with the diagnosis. Inflammatory arthritis in a patient with psoriasis can be an important clue for the diagnosis of PsA, but the possibility for diagnosis of other inflammatory arthritides ever remains. Herein we report a case of a female patient who was not diagnosed with PsA, but with rheumatoid arthritis, even though she had psoriasis.
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kwang-Hoon
KH
Lee
Myoung-Kyun
MK
Son
You-Jung
YJ
Ha
Sang-Tae
ST
Choi
Sang-Won
SW
Lee
Yong-Beom
YB
Park
Soo-Kon
SK
Lee
D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology