RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES TO CONSIDER FOR X-RAY REPORT

      • peri-articular osteoporosis
      • symmetrical soft tissue swelling,
      • increase in joint space in the early period and
      • decrease in joint space later
      • marginal erosions at later stages of the disease.
      • Subluxation and deformity

CHARACTERISTIC DISTRIBUTION

      • Symmetrical
      • Hands MCP and PIPJ’s
      • Wrists
      • Feet MTPJ’s in order 53241
      • Midtarsal Joints