DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR POLYARTICULAR ARTHRITIS

Lyme Disease

Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies

     Reiter's Syndrome

     Ankylosing Spondylitis

     Psoriatic Arthritis

     Enteropathic Arthritis

Crystal-induced Arthritis

     Gout

     Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Disease (Pseudogout)

     Apatitie Crystal Deposition Disease

     Oxalate or Liquid-Lipid Crystal Disease

Infectious Arthritis

Rheumatic Fever

Malignancy

     Tumor Associated

     Paraneoplastic Syndromes

     Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Vasculitis

     Wegener's Granulomatosis

Polymyositis

Scleroderma

Bacterial Endocarditis

Sarcoidosis

Hemochromatosis

Hyperparathyroidism

Leukemia

Lymphoma