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Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao
December 2024
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Foshan,Guangdong 528000,China.
Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome is a rare seronegative synovial inflammatory disease in which fever is a rare symptom.There are few case reports of RS3PE syndrome with fever as the first clinical manifestation in China.In this paper,we report a case of RS3PE syndrome with fever as the first symptom and diagnosed by systematic fever investigation.
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November 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Hospital, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa-City, Ishikawa, Japan.
Rationale: As the elderly population grows, the number of joint arthroplasty surgeries is also increasing. Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a postoperative complication that occurs in 1%-2% of the arthroplasties. Once it occurs, PJI is refractory to treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRemitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema is a rare rheumatological condition, predominating in the elderly male. It is characterised by the abrupt onset of marked pitting oedema, symmetrical distal synovitis, absence of rheumatoid factor and an excellent response to glucocorticoids. RS3PE may be the harbinger of a malignancy so the diagnosis should prompt evaluation and exclusion of such condition; in these cases, the response to glucocorticoids is only partial and treating the neoplasia is essential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRemitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome is a type of seronegative arthritis characterized by a favorable prognosis (Remitting), absence of rheumatoid factor (Seronegative), symmetry (Symmetrical), and synovitis with pitting edema on the backs of the hands and feet. The cause of RS3PE syndrome remains unknown, but involvement of the immune system is suspected, and steroids are highly effective. Here, we present a case of an 86-year-old woman with severe anemia and bilateral lower limb edema accompanied by chronic eczema, considered to be caused by RS3PE syndrome.
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May 2024
Arthritis Associates of Kingsport, Kingsport, Tennessee.
Objectives: Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) is considered a rare inflammatory rheumatologic disorder that is seen primarily in older adult men. Patients present with arthralgias of large joints accompanied by painful pitting edema of the hands and feet. Few studies have reported the prevalence of metabolic syndromes, including diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia in these patients.
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