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Rheumatological Semiology

Rheumatological Semiology — Internal Medicine

How it begins

Anamnesis, examen físico, criterios diagnósticos y correlaciones fisiopatológicas de las enfermedades reumatológicas más relevantes en la práctica de Medicina Interna.

What it covers

  1. Clinical Rheumatology
  2. Introduction and Classification of Rheumatological Diseases
  3. · General Classification of Arthropathies
  4. Rheumatological History
  5. · Characterization of Joint Pain (ALICE or SOCRATES)
  6. · Directed Clinical History: Key Questions
  7. Physical Joint Examination
  8. · Inspection (Look)
  9. · Palpation (Feel)
  10. · Exploration Maneuvers — Specific Joints
  11. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  12. · Relevant Physiopathology for Semiology
  13. · Joint Manifestations — Classical Semiology
  14. · Extra-articular Manifestations
  15. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  16. · SLICC 2012 and ACR/EULAR 2019 Classification Criteria
  17. · Detailed Clinical Manifestations
  18. Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
  19. · Shared Characteristics of SpA (“SpA Phenotype”)
  20. · Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) — Detailed Semiology
  21. Psoriatic Arthritis and Reactive Arthritis
  22. · Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
  23. · Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Arthritis)
  24. Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
  25. · Muscular Manifestations
  26. · Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis
  27. Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
  28. · Classification: Diffuse vs. Limited
  29. · Raynaud's Phenomenon: Detailed Semiology
  30. Sjögren's syndrome
  31. · Sicca Symptoms — Clinical Evaluation
  32. · Extraglandular Manifestations
  33. Gout and Hyperuricemia
  34. · Pathophysiology of Acute Gout Attack
  35. · Clinical Forms and Natural Evolution
  36. Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthropathy (CPPD)
  37. Osteoarthrosis (OA)
  38. · Clinical Picture and Semiology of OA
  39. Systemic Vasculitis
  40. · Classification by Glass Size
  41. Laboratory and Imaging in Rheumatology
  42. · Antibodies of Diagnostic Relevance
  43. · Synovial Fluid Analysis
  44. · Imaging in Rheumatology

The complete study guide is in the app

This page summarizes the outline. The full interactive study guide —with high-yield diagrams, clinical tables, and board review cases— can be read inside Epistemis, completely offline and ad-free.

Subject
Internal Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
44
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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