[Glucocorticoid sensitive bilateral leg swelling in an 85-year-old woman presenting with polymyalgia rheumatica: A case report].

Introduction: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) can be associated with distal swelling indicating an associated RS3PE syndrome. We report a case of PMR associated with oedema of the lower limbs, which resolved rapidly under glucocorticoid therapy.

Case Report: A 85-year-old woman presented with a 4 month history of PMR responding to the 2012 EULAR/ACR classification criteria.

Brucella suis biovar 2 infection in humans in France: emerging infection or better recognition?

Brucellosis is usually acquired by humans through contact with infected animals or the consumption of raw milk from infected ruminants. Brucella suis biovar 2 (BSB2) is mainly encountered in hares and wild boars (Sus scrofa), and is known to have very low pathogenicity to humans with only two case reports published in the literature. Human cases of brucellosis caused by BSB2 were identified through the national mandatory notification of brucellosis.

Streptococcus B septic polyarthritis revealing Good's syndrome.

We report on a 46-year-old woman, who developed streptococcus B septic polyarthritis in the context of septicemia of urinary origin. This case revealed a Good's syndrome whose diagnosis was made on the basis of a profound hypogammaglobulinaemia, a large decrease of peripheral B cells and a thymoma disclosed on chest computed tomography (CT) and confirmed by surgical removal (AB type). There was also an inversion of the peripheral CD4+/CD8+ T cell ratio and an increase of CD8+ T cells.

Adult Henoch-Schönlein purpura associated with malignancy.

Objective: Malignancies are among the well-established causes of vasculitis. We studied the association between adult Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) and malignant neoplasms.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 14 cases of adult HSP diagnosed during a 6-year period and found a malignant neoplasm in four.

Spinal tuberculosis in adults. A study of 103 cases in a developed country, 1980-1994.

Spinal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for about 2% of all cases of TB. New methods of diagnosis such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or percutaneous needle biopsy have emerged. Two distinct patterns of spinal TB can be identified, the classic form, called spondylodiscitis (SPD) in this article, and an increasingly common atypical form characterized by spondylitis without disk involvement (SPwD).

Nonsurgical treatment of osteoarticular tuberculosis. A retrospective study in 143 adults.

Objective And Methods: Data are sparse on nonsurgical treatments currently used for osteoarticular tuberculosis in industrialized countries. We conducted a multicenter retrospective study in the Paris urban area, France, in 206 cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis documented by examination of a local specimen. This article reports our findings in the 143 patients who were followed up at least until treatment completion.

Polyarthritis with perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody inaugurating microscopic polyangiitis. Report of a case.

Microscopic polyangiitis, a condition recently differentiated from macroscopic periarteritis nodosa, is characterized by small vessel damage, pauciimmune necrotizing glomerulonephritis and presence of perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (p-ANCA). Arthralgia is a common symptom often present early in the disease, and other joint manifestations have also been reported. We report a case with polyarthritis as the first manifestation.

[Epidemiological aspects of osteoarticular tuberculosis in adults. Retrospective study of 206 cases diagnosed in the Paris area from 1980 to 1994].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiologic features of bone and joint tuberculosis in the Paris area from 1980 to 1994.

Methods: This retrospective study included 206 cases of confirmed bone and joint tuberculosis (in situ specimen) diagnosed from 1980 to 1994 in 7 hospital units (mainly rheumatology clinics) in Paris and suburban areas.

Results: The number of cases increased by a mean 12 per year from 1980 to 1989 then by 17 cases per year from 1990 to 1994.