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Lupus arthritis

Lupus arthritis
Patient with longstanding lupus has developed subluxation at the MCP joints and swan neck deformities of her fingers. These deformities are reducible (probably being due to lax tendons) and radiographs reveal no erosions or cysts, both of which differentiate these findings from those in rheumatoid arthritis.
MCP: metacarpophalangeal.
Courtesy of Peter H Schur, MD.
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