Radiographic Features of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Features of aggressive, early rheumatoid arthritis, as seen in this radiograph of a 61-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis for 1 year, include evidence of soft-tissue swelling of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints, periarticular osteoporosis, symmetric joint space narrowing of several metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of both hands, and subtle erosions of the right third and right and left fourth metacarpophalangeal joints.
By permission of the publisher. From Matteson E, Mason T: Atlas of Rheumatology. Edited by G Hunder. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 2005.
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