polyarticular arthritis

Introduction

Arthritis involving many joints.

Etiology

• acute
  • infectious arthritis
    • Lyme disease
    • rheumatic fever
    • endocardititis
      • Streptococcus pneumoniae
    • viral arthritis
      • rubella
      • parvovirus B19
      • hepatitis B
  • acute sarcoidosis (Lofgren's syndrome)
  • crystalline arthritis (generally monoarticular)
  • immune complex-induced arthritis
    • serum sickness
    • hypersensitivity drug reaction
• chronic
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
  • spondyloarthropathy
    • ankylosing spondylitis
    • psoriatic arthritis
    • reactive arthritis
      • Reiter's syndrome
    • enteropathic arthritis
  • osteoarthritis (may be monoarticular)
  • carcinoma, paraneoplastic syndrome

Clinical manifestations

• see arthritis

Laboratory

• see arthritis

Radiology

• see arthritis

Management

• see arthritis

More general terms

• arthritis