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Coccidiomycosis septic arthritis presenting as ankle monoarthritis in a patient with presumed psoriatic arthritis.
BMJ Case Rep
September 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
A man in his 50s with a history of psoriasis was evaluated for acute on chronic left ankle pain. His symptoms were attributed to psoriatic arthritis, and he tried several immunosuppressive regimens without improvement. Further diagnostic workup confirmed septic monarthritis thought secondary to a known remote history of Valley fever while residing in Arizona and subsequent reactivation in the setting of immunosuppression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Impact of Different MEFV Genotypes on Clinical Phenotype of Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever: Special Emphasis on Joint Involvement.
Eur J Pediatr
October 2024
Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease worldwide. In this retrospective cohort study, we aimed to assess the effects of various MEFV genotypes on the clinical characteristics of the patients, with a special focus on the joint involvement. In total, 782 patients with FMF were categorized into 3 groups according to the MEFV mutation; Group 1: Patients homozygous for M694V; Group 2: Patients carrying other pathogenic MEFV variants in exon 10 in homozygous or compound heterozygous states; and Group 3: FMF patients with other variants or without mutations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonoarthritis as the initial presentation of acute rheumatic fever in Iran: A single-center retrospective cross-sectional study.
Caspian J Intern Med
January 2024
Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: In Iran, there is a lack of information and studies on acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a global health issue. The limited understanding of ARF's prevalence and primary clinical symptoms has led to confusion. This research investigates the characteristics of children aged 3-17 years who experience ARF with monoarthritis as their initial symptom.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBrucellosis an Unusual presentation as isolated septic mono-arthritis of the knee joint: A case report.
Heliyon
February 2024
Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Article Synopsis
- * The infection mainly presents with musculoskeletal issues, often leading to septic arthritis in joints like the sacroiliac, hip, or knee; it was identified in a patient through culture of synovial fluid.
- * Effective treatment involves a combination of gentamycin, doxycycline, and rifampin, and healthcare providers should be alert for brucellosis in individuals with chronic arthritis from endemic areas for timely diagnosis.
Joint involvement in sarcoidosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, clinical pattern and outcome.
Rheumatology (Oxford)
July 2024
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Objectives: To characterize joint involvement (JI) in sarcoidosis, a systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library was conducted from inception to July 2022 for publications reporting its prevalence, pattern, treatment and outcome.
Methods: The pooled prevalence estimates (PPE) with 95% CI were calculated using binomial distribution and random effects. Meta-regression method was used to examine factors affecting heterogeneity between studies.
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