Rheumatology A Color Handbook

This book provides the reader with a complete and concise introduction to rheumatic illness. While rheumatic disease often manifests itself in conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system, the authors stress that a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is needed for diagnosis, to aid understanding of rheumatic disease with multisystem involvement. Rheumatology, A Color Handbook covers epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of each condition. Common forms of arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout and others) are covered in addition to allied conditions including vasculitis, osteoporosis, lupus and other allied health conditions. The book is useful for recently qualified physicians/residents, general practitioners, medical students, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with rheumatic disease.

GENERAL ISSUESIntroduction to rheumatic conditionsA synopsis of immunology in rheumatic diseaseAssessment of the patient with suspected rheumatic conditionPregnancy in rheumatic diseasesPharmacological treatment of rheumatic diseaseNon-pharmacological treatment of rheumatic disease OSTEOARTHRITIS AND INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITISOsteoarthritisRheumatoid arthritisGoutCPPD deposition, pseudogout and chrondorcalcinosisAdult onset Still’s diseaseSeptic arthritisViral arthritisLyme diseaseRheumatic fever SERONEGATIVE SPONDYLOARTHROPATHYSpondyloarthropathy overviewAnkylosing spondylitisReactive arthritisPsoriatic arthritisInflammatory bowel disease associated arthritisUveitisBehcet’s disease PEDIATRIC RHEUMATIC CONDITIONSJuvenile idiopathic arthritisHereditary periodic fevers CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASESRaynaud’s phenomenonSjögren’s syndromeSystemic lupus erythematosusDrug induced lupusAntiphospholipid antibody syndromePolymyositis and dermatomyositisSclerodermaMixed connective tissue disease and undifferentiated connective tissue diseaseRelapsing PolychondritisVASCULITISVasculitis overview and classificationGiant cell arteritisTakayasu’s arteritisANCA associated vasculitisPolyarteritis nodosaImmune complex mediated small vessel vasculitisKawasaki’s diseaseThromboangitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease)Primary angiitis of the central nervous systemOTHER RHEUMATIC CONDITIONSOsteoporosisFibromyalgia and other soft tissue syndromesSarcoidosisAmyloidosisMiscellaneous rheumatic conditionsFurther readingIndex