Monoarticular arthritis
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Differential Diagnosis
Common causes
- Avascular necrosis of bone
- Crystals
- Monosodium urate
Familial Mediterranean fever
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Foreign-body synovitis Apatite
Loose body
Hypertrophic pulmonary Calcium oxalate
Psoriatic arthritis
osteoarthropathy
Hemarthrosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Intermittent hydrarthrosis
Infectious arthritis
Reactive arthritis
Pigmented villonodular synovitis Bacteria
Sarcoidosis
Relapsing polychondritis Fungi Still’s disease Mycobacteria Synovioma Viruses Synovial metastasis Lyme disease Vasculitic syndromes
Internal derangement
Osteoarthritis
Osteomyelitis
Overuse
Trauma
Less Common Causes
- Bone malignancies
- Bowel-disease–associated arthritis
- Hemoglobinopathies