A middle aged female presents with polyahritis with elevated rheumatoid factor ANA analevels, which among the following will help you to differentiate rheumatoid ahritis from SLE?
Joint erosions is not a feature of SLE . It is only seen in some conditions such as Rheumatoid ahritis Gout Psoriatic ahritis Reiter's disease Erosive OA Hemophilia IBD Ankylosing spondolytis Ref - pubmed.com
Soft tissue swelling at the proximal inter phalangial joint
Juxta aicular osteoporosis or X-ray
Aicular erosions on X-ray
Elevated ESR
Immune system