Summary We present a patient with peripheral symmetrical polyarthritis involving the small joints of the hands, diagnosed and treated as RA and we discuss the role of imaging, especially the use of CR as an initial screening tool for the evaluation of the articular manifestations and joint damage, and its further usefulness in order to reach a definitive correct diagnosis.

UK researchers have identified characteristics in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis that may make them less likely to respond to oral methotrexate treatment.

In addition, there were 64 healthy controls, 18 individuals with GCA look-alike conditions (infections, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease, central vein occlusion, or polyarthritis), and 16 controls with infection.

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Of note, the patient who experienced a disease flare after discontinuing tocilizumab for seronegative polyarthritis had moderate disease activity prior to asymptomatic COVID-19 infection, unlike the others, say the study authors.

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Of these, 1280 had rheumatoid factor-negative polyarthritis and 761 had extended oligoarthritis.

In all, 56% of study participants had oligoarthritis and the remaining 44% had polyarthritis.

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Meanwhile, patients with rheumatoid factor-positive polyarthritis were significantly less likely to discontinue treatment due to inactive disease (HR=0.56). medwireNews is an independent medical news service provided by Springer Healthcare Ltd. © 2021 Springer Healthcare Ltd, part of the Springer Nature Group Arthritis Res Ther 2021; 23 : 118

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The most common rheumatic disease in the study population was rheumatoid arthritis (43.5%), followed by osteoarthritis (21.7%), while fibromyalgia, psoriatic arthritis, and inflammatory polyarthritis each affected approximately 9% of respondents.

The researchers also carried out a multivariate analysis and identified a number of other variables that were independently associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk, including the presence of polyarthritis (odds ratio [OR]=4.01), non-White race (OR=1.65), urban residence (OR=1.78), and C-reactive protein levels of more than 10 µg/mL (OR=2.14).

The team used the DEPAR registry to evaluate the outcomes of PsA patients with oligoarthritis or polyarthritis who had data recorded between 2013 and 2018.

At physical examination, she exhibited polyarthritis of wrists and hands, and hypertension.

The ACR and the National Arthritis Foundation have published two guidelines on juvenile idiopathic arthritis, one providing recommendations for the treatment of polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, and enthesitis, and the other focusing on detecting and treating uveitis.

The ACR and the National Arthritis Foundation have published two guidelines on juvenile idiopathic arthritis, one providing recommendations for the treatment of polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, and enthesitis, and the other focusing on detecting and treating uveitis.