Rheumatic disease in elderly population, how different from the conventional presentations?

Better healthcare facilities and therapeutic advances have contributed to a steep rise in geriatric population in Indiaand all over the world. Hence the focus of medical/healthcare field has shifted to the management of chronic diseasesseen in the elderly population. Rheumatologic diseases in elderly can be divided into: 1) diseases that primarily occur inthe elderly population and 2) diseases usually occurring in the young decade and progress with age or have a late onsetvariant. The review mainly focuses on the late onset variants of various diseases including their difference from theconventional presentations and their diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in the elderly population.