These are rheumatoid nodules on the arm of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
• Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by the insidious onset of symmetric polyarthritis and extraarticular symptoms.
• In nearly all patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the wrist, metacarpophalangeal joints, and proximal interphalangeal joints are affected, whereas the distal interphalangeal joints are spared.
These are rheumatoid nodules on the arm of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
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the insidious onset of symmetric polyarthritis and extraarticular symptoms.
• In nearly all patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the wrist, metacarpophalangeal
joints, and proximal interphalangeal joints are affected, whereas the distal
interphalangeal joints are spared.