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?
Soft tissue swelling at the proximal inter phalangial joint
Juxta aicular osteoporosis or X-ray
Aicular erosions on X-ray
Elevated ESR
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
Immune system