Viral Arthritis
Viral Arthritis Katherine Holman Martin Rodriguez A 21-year-old Caucasian woman with no significant past medical history presents with a 3-day history of joint pain and swelling. She states that the…
RHEUMATOLOGY
Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease William F. Iobst Kristin M. Ingraham A 39-year-old white male presents to your office with a 3-month history of a painful, swollen left knee. He currently denies other…
Bacterial Arthritis
Bacterial Arthritis Arthur Kavanaugh Maika Onishi A 30-year-old male presenting with acute-onset left knee pain, warmth, and swelling (Fig. 23.1). Introduction Bacterial arthritis is a true rheumatologic emergency that can…
Arthropathies Associated with Systemic Diseases
Arthropathies Associated with Systemic Diseases Leann Maska Amy C. Cannella A 60-year-old Caucasian gentleman with long-standing poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presents to your office with symptoms of swelling…
Osteopenic Bone Diseases and Osteonecrosis
Osteopenic Bone Diseases and Osteonecrosis Kenneth G. Saag Gregory A. Clines Sarah L. Morgan A 75-year-old male seen for compression fractures. He relates a strong family history of metabolic bone…
Gout and Crystal-Induced Arthropathies
Gout and Crystal-Induced Arthropathies Angelo Gaffo A 65-year-old patient with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, and a prior diagnosis of gout is hospitalized because of an exacerbation of heart…
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis Mary S. Walton Carlos J. Lozada Seth M. Berney A 60-year-old male former professional football player with a history of multiple knee injuries complains of bilateral knee pain for…
Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases
Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases Michael Lockshin A 39-year-old woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis, which she believes is now quiescent, consults you because she is planning a pregnancy. She has not…
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia Graciela S. Alarcón A 40-year-old obese, sedentary, Caucasian woman presents to a rheumatologist with a 6-month history of generalized myalgias, arthralgias, swelling of small hand joints, and morning stiffness…
Overlap Syndromes and Unclassified or Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
Overlap Syndromes and Unclassified or Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease Iris Navarro-Millán Graciela S. Alarcón A 48-year-old Hispanic woman with symmetric polyarthritis, anemia, myalgias, and proximal muscle weakness. Over time she…
