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Would arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis appear different on an xray of joint? can you have both in the same joint&can arthritis become rheumatoid?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Rheumatoid arthritis: is a type of arthritis, so the question is unclear. Are you referring to osteoarthritis? The xray findings of oesteoarthritis are different from rheumatoid arthritis, but you can have both in the same joint, so at that point the features would overlap.

Answered 11/16/2014

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