Rheumatology in Arizona

Services

The Division of Rheumatology offers medical services for the following:

Common Diseases

• Gout and pseudogout
• Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
• Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis)
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Raynaud's phenomenon / Raynaud's disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Seronegative arthritis
• Spondylitis (ankylosing spondylitis and other spondylarthritis illnesses)

Rarer Diseases

• Behcet's disease
• Eosinophilic fasciitis
• Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy
• Polymyositis / dermatomyositis
• Relapsing polychondritis
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis
• Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis)
• Sjögren's syndrome (a rare connective tissue disorder that often accompanies scleroderma, lupus, or rheumatoid arthritis; its hallmark is chronic dryness of the eyes and mouth)
• Vasculitis (systemic vasculitis)
  • Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis)
  • Wegener's granulomatosis
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Microscopic polyangiitis
  • Churg-Strauss vasculitis
  • Takayasu's arteritis

Specialty Areas

• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis)
• Seronegative arthritis