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Fever with joint pain-differential diagnosis?

Today I had my final MBBS Medicine paper 1 examination. There was a question about joint pain and fever which I was not able to answer satisfactorily. I would like you to suggest me possible differential diagnoses. The question goes like this- "A 37 year-old female presented with pain affecting most joints and low grade fever for last 2 months. Discuss the differential diagnosis, investigations and management." Please feel free to respond.

Tags: diagnosis, fever, joint, pain

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Permalink Reply by dr.v.k.agarwal on July 21, 2009 at 11:35am: tuberculosos
rheumatoid arthritis should be considered 1st and formost
and be diagnosed or excluded.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dr.v.k.agarwal on July 20, 2009 at 7:43pm: yes dr xee,
i cant agree more with you; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dr. xee on July 20, 2009 at 7:56pm: does this YES just pass me in this question; ▶ Reply to This

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