Podagra is a term used to describe acute monoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal (1st MTP) joint. The most common diagnoses of arthritis in this joint are: crystal-induced synovitis, septic arthritis, traumatic conditions and reactive arthritis. When etiologies other than gout are involved this is frequently referred to as pseudopodagra. We report the case of a patient who presented with...

A survey of 358 patients with primary antibody deficiency shows that mycoplasmal infection is the commonest cause of severe chronic erosive arthritis. We review our experience with 18 patients with confirmed or probable mycoplasmal arthritis. There was a broad spectrum of severity from a monoarthritis rapidly responding to tetracyclines to severe debilitating polyarthritis, sometimes with antib...

The present report describes the case of a 29-year-old man referred to our service for TMJ pain and progressive reduction of the mouth opening. Differential diagnostics included rheumatologic diseases, monoarthritis and intraarticular lumps. In this line, a face CT scan and a MRI of TMJ were carried out in order to ensure a proper diagnosis. These tests showed a solid lesion into the joint cavi...

Introduction: Periodic fever syndrome (PFS) is a rare monogenic autoinflammatory disease group. The innate immune system abnormalities have characteristic onset and spontaneous inflammation without any infectious or autoimmune trigger. It differs from disorders (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)) occurring due to defect in the adaptive with auto-antibodies. Case Presentation: clinical fe...

Objectives: To determine the frequency of joint distribution in rheumatoid arthritis presenting at Independent University Hospital Faisalabad. Assessment involvement RA patients is not only important to disease activity but also assess future damage. Study Design: Cross Sectional Study. Setting: Period: July 2019 Jan 2020. Material & Methods: 384 consecutive fulfilling inclusion and exclusi...

Background The most common autoinflammatory disease which occurs in Armenian ethnos is familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). FMF a hereditary disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of and serosal inflammation. main clinical manifestations are fever, abdominal, chest joint pain, erysipelas-like skin lesion but also has lot other rare systemic manifestations. Sometimes it difficult to distingu...