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Table 2: The clinical components of the sero-negative arthritides

 

The SERO-NEGATIVE ARTHRITIDES
and COMPONENT DISORDERS
 

 COMPONENT
 DISORDER

MULTI-SYSTEM DISORDER

SLE PsA RS BS UCA CDA Sa
Acneiform lesions       + +    
Ankylosing spondylitis R + + R + + R
Aphthous ulceration +   + + + +  
Arthritis + + + + + + +
Atopy + +     + + +
Encephalomelitis ± meningitis +   + + +   +
Epididymo-orchitis       +     +
Erythema nodosum     + + + + +
Neurosis and/or psychosis +   + + + + +
Ophthalmitis

Conjunctivitis

Anterior uveitis

Posterior uveitis

Periphlebitis retinae/retinitis

Optic neuritis

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 


+

+

+

+

+

+


+

+

+

+

R

 


+

+

+

+

R

+

+

+

+

+


+

Peri-/myo-carditis +   + + +   +
Psoriasis   +   R + +  
Pustules   + + + +    
Tenosynovotis     + +      
Terminal ileitis/colitis       + + +  
Thrombophlebitis     + + + +  
Urethritis (Non-specific)     + +      
+ = clinical association
R = recorded though significance of association unclear

SLE=SystemicLupus: PsA=PsoriaticArthropathy: RS=Reiter'sSyndrome:
BS=Behcet'sSyndrome UCA=UlcColitis+Arthritis: CDA=Crohn'sDisease+Arthritis:Sa=Sarcoisosis