A clinical profile of psoriatic arthropathy

Objectives psoriatic arthropathy (pa) is defined as the association of psoriasis of skin and / or nails with peripheral and / or spinal arthropathy and usually with a negative serological test for rheumatoid factor. patients and methods 50 psoriatic patients with arthropathy and a negative rheumatoid factor were taken for the study. results commonest type of joint involvement was distal interphalangeal joint seen in 44% patients followed by asymmetric oligoarthritis in 40% patients, arthritis mutilans in 6% cases and sacroiliac joint involvement in 2% cases. nail involvement was seen in 60% cases. in most cases (56%) it was skin involvement followed by arthritis. hypocalcemia was seen in 60% patients and hyperuricemia was seen in 14% patients. conclusion distal interphalangeal and asymmetric arthritis are most common types of psoriatic arthropathy. nail involvement is frequent. skin disease usually precedes arthropathy