GENERAL ISSUES Introduction to rheumatic conditions A synopsis of immunology in rheumatic disease Assessment of the patient with suspected rheumatic condition Pregnancy in rheumatic diseases Pharmacological treatment of rheumatic disease Non-pharmacological treatment of rheumatic disease OSTEOARTHRITIS AND INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Gout CPPD deposition, pseudogout and chrondorcalcinosis Adult onset Still's disease Septic arthritis Viral arthritis Lyme disease Rheumatic fever SERONEGATIVE SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY Spondyloarthropathy overview Ankylosing spondylitis Reactive arthritis Psoriatic arthritis Inflammatory bowel disease associated arthritis Uveitis Behcet's disease PEDIATRIC RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS Juvenile idiopathic arthritis Hereditary periodic fevers CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES Raynaud's phenomenon Sjögren's syndrome Systemic lupus erythematosus Drug induced lupus Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Polymyositis and dermatomyositis Scleroderma Mixed connective tissue disease and undifferentiated connective tissue disease Relapsing Polychondritis VASCULITIS Vasculitis overview and classification Giant cell arteritis Takayasu's arteritis ANCA associated vasculitis Polyarteritis nodosa Immune complex mediated small vessel vasculitis Kawasaki's disease Thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) Primary angiitis of the central nervous system OTHER RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS Osteoporosis Fibromyalgia and other soft tissue syndromes Sarcoidosis Amyloidosis Miscellaneous rheumatic conditions Further reading Index 's disease PEDIATRIC RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS Juvenile idiopathic arthritis Hereditary periodic fevers CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES Raynaud's phenomenon Sjögren's syndrome Systemic lupus erythematosus Drug induced lupus Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Polymyositis and dermatomyositis Scleroderma Mixed connective tissue disease and undifferentiated connective tissue disease Relapsing Polychondritis VASCULITIS Vasculitis overview and classification Giant cell arteritis Takayasu's arteritis ANCA associated vasculitis Polyarteritis nodosa Immune complex mediated small vessel vasculitis Kawasaki's disease Thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) Primary angiitis of the central nervous system OTHER RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS Osteoporosis Fibromyalgia and other soft tissue syndromes Sarcoidosis Amyloidosis Miscellaneous rheumatic conditions Further reading IndexMATIC CONDITIONS Osteoporosis Fibromyalgia and other soft tissue syndromes Sarcoidosis Amyloidosis Miscellaneous rheumatic conditions Further reading Index.