Erosive inflammatory osteoarthritis, clinical and radiological study, in comparison with nodal idiopathic osteoarthritis

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work was to verify the nature and etiology of EOA both clinically and radiologically in comparison with idiopathic nodal OA. 25 patients diagnosed as having hand joints inflammatory erosive arthritis [pain, stiffness and swelling of the joints of both hands] were studied. Erosions in EOA may simply be an aggressive form of joint destruction in joint which is already of risk. The pattern of involvement in this model is determined by incompletely understood factors. Clinical syndrome of EOA can occur in the absence of radiographically demonstrable bony erosions, therefore the term erosive osteoarthritis is not an ideal one for this disorder