Re: REVIEW - Disorders of the sternoclavicular joint

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Shirly leone and group;

OK that answers my question RA can affect many things other than

joints,, thank you

gentle hugs

Clora

wrote answer under here

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> Disorders of the sternoclavicular joint.

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> CM, PJ, Markham PE, Beggs I.

> Edinburgh Shoulder Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Old

Dalkeith

> Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, UK.

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> The sternoclavicular joint is vulnerable to the same disease

processes

> as other synovial joints, the most common of which are instability

> from injury, osteoarthritis, infection and rheumatoid disease.

> Patients may also present with other conditions, which are unique to

> the joint, or are manifestations of a systemic disease process. The

> surgeon should be aware of these possibilities when assessing a

> patient with a painful, swollen sternoclavicular joint.

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> PMID: 18539660

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18539660

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> Not an MD

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