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518422 
Journal Article 
Review 
Rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the cutaneous manifestations 
Sayah, A; English, JC 
2005 
Yes 
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
ISSN: 0190-9622
EISSN: 1097-6787 
53 
2 
191-209 
English 
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory arthritis with significant extra-articular manifestations. Of note are unique cutaneous manifestations that the dermatologist may encounter. This article will make the dermatologist more cognizant of these skin findings in patients with this systemic inflammatory disorder. It examines rheumatoid arthritis, focusing on the general nonspecific and disease-specific rheumatoid arthritic skin changes. Classic rheumatoid nodules, accelerated rheumatoid nodulosis, rheumatoid nodulosis, rheumatoid vasculitis, Felty syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum, interstitial granulomatostis dermatitis with arthritis, palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatosis dermatitis, rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and adult-onset Still disease are reviewed. Understanding the cutaneous expressions of rheumatoid arthritis may lead to early diagnosis, prompt treatment, and lower morbidity and mortality for the affected persons. 
interstitial granulomatous dermatitis; circulating immune-complexes; necrosis factor-alpha; onset stills-disease; low-dose methotrexate; pyoderma-gangrenosum; accelerated nodulosis; neutrophilic dermatitis; feltys-syndrome; necrotizing vasculitis