Clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis. (March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Colquhoun, Matthew; Gulati, Malvika; Farah, Ziad; Mouyis, Maria
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 50:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 142
• Publication Date: 2022-03
• Subjects: Atherosclerosis -- chronic disease -- inflammation -- interstitial lung disease -- MRCP -- rheumatoid arthritis -- synovitis -- tenosynovitis; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Médecine factuelle -- Périodiques; Medicine; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 610
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2021.12.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1357-3039

Abstract

Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multiorgan chronic inflammatory condition that affects >430, 000 people in the UK, constituting approximately 0.84% of the UK population. The cardinal clinical feature is a symmetrical polyarthritis that predominantly affects the small joints. RA can affect other components of the musculoskeletal system (bursitis, tendinopathy, muscle atrophy, osteoporosis) and almost every organ in the body. Extra-articular manifestations of RA can be cutaneous, haematological, neurological, pulmonary, cardiac, renal and ocular. A better understanding of the varied clinical aspects of RA is vital to instigating appropriate management. This review provides a detailed description of the clinical manifestations of RA, both musculoskeletal and extra-articular.