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CYSTIC FIBROSIS ARTHRITIS. A REPORT OF FIVE CASES
- Source :
- Rheumatology. 31:535-538
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1992.
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Abstract
- In a retrospective study of 206 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), five cases of CF arthritis were recorded. This is a frequency of 2.5% and of 4.5% in patients aged over 10. Four patients had episodic arthritis, which was related to the course of pulmonary disease in two cases. In three patients, synovial fluid examination revealed minimal evidence of inflammation. In one of these three cases, synovial biopsy revealed a mild and non-specific synovitis. The fifth patient had chronic arthropathy and was positive for rheumatoid factor, but did not fulfil the criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. There were no radiographic abnormalities in any of these cases. CF arthritis is a rare syndrome of unknown pathogenesis.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Adolescent
Cystic Fibrosis
Biopsy
Arthritis
Gastroenterology
Cystic fibrosis
Rheumatology
Rheumatoid Factor
Internal medicine
Synovitis
Synovial Fluid
medicine
Humans
Synovial fluid
Rheumatoid factor
Pharmacology (medical)
Child
Retrospective Studies
business.industry
Respiratory disease
Retrospective cohort study
medicine.disease
Child, Preschool
Rheumatoid arthritis
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14620332 and 14620324
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Rheumatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....927629154764ef21015ed9e1860fa853
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/31.8.535