Rheumatology Concepts Flashcards
Define ‘arthropathy’
Disease of a joint
Define ‘arthritis’
Inflammation of a joint
Define ‘arthralgia’
Pain in a joint
What are the two main categories of arthropathy?
Inflammatory and non-inflammatory
What is the major non-inflammatory arthropathy?
Osteoarthritis
What are the 4 subsets of inflammatory arthropathies?
Crystal induced, infectious, seropositive and seronegative
What are the 4 seronegative arthropathies?
Ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, enteropathic arthritis and reactive arthritis
What are the 5 seropositive arthropathies?
Rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, scleroderma, vasculitis, Sjogren’s syndrome
Define ‘monoarthritis’
Arthritis in one joint
Define ‘tenosynovitis’
Tendon sheath inflammation
Define ‘trigger finger’
Damage to the flexor tendons
Define ‘carpal tunnel syndrome’
Compression of the median nerve by inflamed synovial tissue
Define ‘polymyalgia rheumatica’
Shoulder/hip synovitis in older people
Define ‘palindromic rheumatism’
RA which comes and goes
