Rheumatology (A colour handbook)

Concise yet complete coverage - musculoskeletal and multisystemic conditions. Consistent layout and headings - prevalence, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management. Top-quality illustrations - clinical photos, imaging, diagrams, tables.

This book aims to provide the reader with a complete and concise introduction to rheumatic illness. While rheumatic disease often manifests itself in conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system, the authors stress that a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is needed for diagnosis, to aid understanding of rheumatic disease with multisystem involvement. Rheumatology-A Color Handbook covers epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of each condition. Common forms of arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout and others) are covered in addition to allied conditions including vasculitis, osteoporosis, lupus and other allied health conditions. The book is useful for recently qualified physicians/residents, general practitioners, medical students and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with rheumatic disease.

GENERAL ISSUES. Introduction to rheumatic conditions. A synopsis of immunology in rheumatic disease. Assessment of the patient with suspected rheumatic condition. Pregnancy in rheumatic diseases. Pharmacological treatment of rheumatic disease. Non-pharmacological treatment of rheumatic disease. OSTEOARTHRITIS AND INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS. Osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis. Gout. CPPD deposition, pseudogout and chrondorcalcinosis. Adult onset Still's disease. Septic arthritis. Viral arthritis. Lyme disease. Rheumatic fever. SERONEGATIVE SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY. Spondyloarthropathy overview. Ankylosing spondylitis. Reactive arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis. Inflammatory bowel disease associated arthritis. Uveitis. Behcet's disease. PEDIATRIC RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Hereditary periodic fevers. CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES. Raynaud's phenomenon. Sjögren's syndrome. Systemic lupus erythematosus. Drug induced lupus. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Scleroderma. Mixed connective tissue disease and undifferentiated connective tissue disease. Relapsing Polychondritis. VASCULITIS. Vasculitis overview and classification. Giant cell arteritis. Takayasu's arteritis. ANCA associated vasculitis. Polyarteritis nodosa. Immune complex mediated small vessel vasculitis. Kawasaki's disease. Thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger's disease). Primary angiitis of the central nervous system. OTHER RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS. Osteoporosis. Fibromyalgia and other soft tissue syndromes. Sarcoidosis. Amyloidosis. Miscellaneous rheumatic conditions Further reading. Index.