The musculoskeletal manifestations of hemophilia A and B are some of the most common presenting symptoms and continue to be challenging to practitioners. Hemophilic arthropathy, if not initially adequately treated and managed, may lead to debilitating disease and eventually require the consideration of major surgery, including total joint arthroplasty. Thorough comprehension of the pathophysiol...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether children treated with ciprofloxacin in 1990 had developed any permanent joint damage. DESIGN Retrospective questionnaire-based follow-up study. SETTING Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Monitoring Center in Mumbai. SUBJECTS 3341 children treated with ciprofloxacin in 1990, including 7 who had developed a ciprofloxacin-related acute arthropathy. METHODS A questionna...

To the best of our knowledge, the association of rheumatoid arthritis and tabetic arthropathy has never been described before in the literature. We report here a first observation. We report the case of a 50-year-old man, treated for syphilitic arthritis evolving for 4 years, who presented with a table of rheumatoid arthritis. The diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis was established according to t...

BACKGROUND The main clinical manifestations of hemophilia are muscle and joint bleeding. Recurrent bleeding leads to a degenerative process known as hemophilic arthropathy. The development of inhibitors (antibodies against FVIII/FIX concentrates) is the main complication in the treatment of hemophilia. The objective was to assess the safety and efficacy of manual therapy treatment in a patient ...