Rheumatoid Arthritis - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Nikolaos Sferopoulos, MD

Diagnosis

rheumatoid arthritis

Body Site

hand finger wrist

Age

12 years

Pigmentation

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

skin color

Morphology

Pattern

asymmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

A 12-year-old girl developed swelling and restriction of motion of the right middle finger 6 months ago and the left wrist a month ago. She was afebrile and laboratory findings were normal with the exception of the antinuclear antibody titer that was positive at 1:80. MRI indicated inflammatory joint fluid in the left wrist and carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints of the thumb and on the right proximal interphalangeal joint of the middle finger and the interphalangeal joint of the thumb.

Description

swelling of the left wrist and thumb and right middle finger and thumb

Image Added

12/16/2007 13:23:14

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