Inflammatory diseases of bones and joints

Abstract

The major groups of inflammatory diseases of the bones and joints fall into infection and immunologically mediated local and systemic disease. During the infection it is possible to see bone and joint involvement together or separately. In general, immune-based diseases affect the joints first and the adjacent bone as a secondary process. The diagnosis of the inflammatory diseases of the bones and joints requires the synthesis of information. In addition to the classic collaboration of the clinician, radiologist and the pathologist, the diagnosis of inflammatory conditions of bone and joints require serological and microbiological data.