Osteoarthritis

Alternate Name:

Test:

Synovial fluid microscopy: WCC (H), cartilagefragments; ESR (N), WCC (N), bone scan (+). No specific tests

Sign:

Heberden's nodes,!Bouchard's nodes

Dd:

Rheumatoid arthritis, tiaernochromatosis, neti-ropathies, ankylosing spondylitis, gonococcal thritis, psoriasis, Reiter's syn., rheumatic fever, fi­brositis, sarcoidosis, SjOgren's syn., brucellosis, TB, syphilis, diabetes, trauma, gout, haemophilia, scurvy, tumours, osteochondritis dessicans, drugs, leukaemia, etc.

Phys:

Degenerative joint disease; particularly involving major joints