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A. Common Typesnavigator

  1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  2. Systemic Connective Tissue Disease
    1. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
    2. Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
    3. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)
  3. Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  4. Osteoarthritis
  5. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy
    1. Ankylosing Spondylitis
    2. Reiter's Syndrome
    3. Psoriatic Arthritis
    4. IBD Associated Arthritis
    5. Reactive Arthritis (enterics or chlamydia)
  6. Infectious Arthritis
    1. Lyme Disease
    2. Gonococcal / Chlaymidial
    3. Hepatitis B Infection
    4. Enteric Infection Associated (eg. Yersinia)
    5. Brucella associated spondylitis
  7. Crystal Associated Arthritis
    1. Gout
    2. CPPD (Pseudogout)
    3. Apatite Disease
  8. Vasculitides
    1. Purpuric Vasculitides (HSP, Hypersensitivity, Cryoglobulinemia)
    2. Behet's Disease
    3. ANCA Associated Disease (PAN, Wegener's Granulomatosus
    4. Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)

B. Uncommon Typesnavigator

  1. Metabolic Abnormalities
    1. Hemochromatosis
    2. Hypothyroidism
    3. Dialysis Related Arthritis (ß2-microglobulin deposition)
    4. Hyperlipoproteinemia
  2. Tumor Associated
    1. Leukemic Infiltration
    2. Association with various carcinomas, lymphomas
    3. Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy
    4. Monoclonal Gammopathy and Amyloid Deposition
  3. Oral Contraceptive Pill Associated Arthritis
  4. Infectious Causes
    1. Bacterial Endocarditis
    2. Tuberculosis
    3. Fungal Disease
    4. Familial Mediterranean Fever
    5. Rheumatic Fever
  5. Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
  6. Polychondritis
  7. Sarcoidosis
  8. Pancreatic Panniculitis