Differential diagnosis

  • Symmetrical deforming
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Psoriatic arthritis
    • Scleroderma
    • Systemic lupus arthropathy – Jaccoud arthropathy
  • Asymmetric
    • Polyarticular gout
    • Pseudogout
    • Psoriatic arthritis
    • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Reactive arthritis
    • Gonococcal arthritis
    • Ankylosing spondylitis