List three early and five late radiographic findings in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
List three early and five late radiographic findings in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
1. Periarticular soft tissue swelling
2. Symmetric periarticular osteopenia
3. Marginal erosions
4. Boutonnière deformity
5. Swan-neck deformity
6. Subluxation of the affected joints (ulnar deviation)
7. Diffuse uniform joint space narrowing secondary to erosion of cartilage by pannus and granulation tissue
8. Ulnar and radial styloid erosion