Acute monoarthritis

JAAPA. 2019 Mar;32(3):25-31. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000553379.52389.eb.

Abstract

Acute monoarthritis affects a single joint and has many potential underlying causes, including crystal deposition diseases, infection, trauma, and osteoarthritis. A comprehensive health history and physical examination can help narrow the list of differential diagnoses; judicious diagnostic testing can help pinpoint the diagnosis. Clinicians also must be able to recognize which patients require emergency referral to prevent long-term adverse consequences.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / adverse effects
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects
  • Arthralgia / etiology*
  • Arthralgia / pathology
  • Arthritis / classification
  • Arthritis / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis / etiology*
  • Arthritis / pathology
  • Arthritis, Infectious / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects
  • Chondrocalcinosis / complications
  • Crystal Arthropathies / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diphosphonates / adverse effects
  • Diuretics / adverse effects
  • Gout / complications
  • Humans
  • Joints / pathology
  • Osteoarthritis / complications
  • Spondylarthropathies / complications

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anticoagulants
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Diphosphonates
  • Diuretics