RHEUMATOLOGY
2000
Compiled
by
Jo Edwards
Professor in Connective Tissue Medicine
University College London
A core curriculum undergraduate rheumatology text
CONTENTS
ASSESSMENT OF THE JOINTS AND SPINE
Symptoms and signsModified GALS screen and detailed examination
Investigations
Bone overgrowth around joints
Cartilage loss
Mechanical synovitis / synovial irritation
Septic arthritis
Post infective synovitis
REACTIONS TO CRYSTALS: GOUT AND PSEUDOGOUT
Gout
Pseudogout
AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC DISORDERS
Rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Anti-phospholipid syndrome
Systemic sclerosis
Fasciitis with eosinophilia
Necrotising arteritis
Sjögren's syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Myasthenia gravis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Psoriatic arthritis
Arthritis with inflammatory bowel disease
Reiter's syndrome and reactive arthritis
Behçet’s Syndrome
Osteoporosis
Paget's Disease of Bone
Osteomalacia
Parathryroid bone disease
Hand and Wrist
Elbow
Shoulder Girdle
Sacroiliac
jointHip and thigh
Knee
Ankle and Foot
Cervical spine
Lumbar and thoracic spine