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  • Title: [Practical differential diagnosis in acute arthritis].
    Author: Mahrenholtz M, Langer HE.
    Journal: Wien Med Wochenschr; 1990 Jun 30; 140(12):319-20. PubMed ID: 2204215.
    Abstract:
    The most common cause for acute arthritis are crystal arthropathies, sero-negative spondarthritides and reactive inflammatory arthritis. In any case, the possibility of a purulent-septic arthritis must be excluded because of the prognostic consequences. Precise rheumatological case history and careful examination are relevant tools in providing a differential diagnosis; laboratory findings may be of great help as well. A flow-chart is suggested for rational diagnosis.
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