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Case of the Week 495


What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • 73 year-old woman with pain, redness, swelling in joints



Frontal Radiograph of Right Hand

  1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  2. Gout
  3. Sardoidosis
  4. Septic Arthritis
  5. Erosive Osteoarthritis

Additional Images - Close-up View of PIP Joints

 

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Close-up View of Proximal Interphalangeal Joints


Answer:

 

5. Erosive Osteoarthritis

 

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Erosive Osteoarthritis

General Considerations

  • Inflammatory arthritis which most commonly occurs in women over the age of 60
  • It is a form of osteoarthritis with a strong inflammatory component
  • Usually involves hand
    • Hip and knee are rarely involved

 

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