Tuberculous Rheumatism

Tuberculous rheumatism.

The problem of "tuberculous rheumatism" has been studied with a varying amount of interest during the past 60 years, mainly in France, though some work has been done in Great Britain and the United States. Layani, Durupt, and Chaouat (1956) reviewed the subject and tried to define the syndrome more exactly by using a test specific for tuberculosis, the tuberculin test. The results were compared...

Poncet's disease or tuberculous rheumatism.

Our patient had painful oral ulcers with panuveitis, genital ulcers and a positive pathergy reaction fullfilling the diagnostic criteria. It was complicated by a right atrial thrombus and Budd Chiari syndrome, which is the thrombosis of hepatic veins where Behcet's disease is a rare cause among many. It is well established that Behcet's disease predisposes to venous and arterial thrombosis and ...

Tuberculous rheumatism; report of a case.

History.-The patient, a girl aged 17, first seen as an out-patient in November, 1950, was complaining of pain, stiffness, and swelling of 2 months' duration in her knees, ankles, and fingers. There had also been vague pains in her shoulders and hips. She had been quite well until June, 1950, when she developedsome lumbar backache, which was worse in the mornings, but wore off during the day. Sh...

Rheumatism

IT is natural that a (lisease of the social and econiomic importance of rheumatism should ocCIpy a considerable place in medical literature. Nevertheless, until the last few nears, little of importanice has been adide(d to ourikniowle(dge of this crippling group of dliseases. Significant advances in treatmenit, a closer stu(dy of the composition of synovial fluii(d and(l of the factors wvhich i...

Rheumatism