Rheumatoid arthritis - hands

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Bilateral hand pain.

Patient Data

Age: 80 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Advanced degenerative joint disease, most severely affecting the right > left metacarpophalangeal joints with severe subluxations. The carpus is also affected on both sides, more on the right. Scattered joint erosions are present.

Positive ulnar variance bilaterally, more on the right with evidence of ulnocarpal abutment.

Right > left hitchhiker thumb deformity.

Case Discussion

This patient has a long history of rheumatoid arthritis with matching hand x-rays. 

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