BACKGROUND Since 2003, the tropical arthritogenic chikungunya (CHIK) virus has become an increasingly medical and economic burden in affected areas as it can often result in long-term disabilities. The clinical spectrum of post-CHIK (pCHIK) rheumatic disorders is wide. Evidence-based recommendations are needed to help physicians manage the treatment of afflicted patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

INTRODUCTION Bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome is rare systemic diseases characterized by a prodrome of fever, chills, and influenza-like symptoms with subsequent skin eruptions, myalgias, and polyarthralgias. It is reported to be occurred in Intestinal bypass surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. CASE DESCRIPTION Herein, we described a 29-years-old man with Bowel-associated de...

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a reemerging arbovirus capable of causing explosive outbreaks of febrile illness, polyarthritis, and polyarthralgia, inflicting severe morbidity on affected populations. CHIKV can be genetically classified into 3 major lineages: West African (WA); East, Central, and South African (ECSA); Indian Ocean (IOL); and Asian. Additionally, the Indian Ocean (IOL) sublineage ...

The Adult Onset Still's Disease (AOSD) is an entity of unknown origin characterised by fever, polyarthralgias or polyarthritis, a pharyngitis, a cutaneous eruption and elevation of leucocytes. We present observations of 17 patients diagnosed during the last thirteen years. Files of hospitalized patients with suspected AOSD have been examined in a retrospective study and Yamaguchi and Kahn's cri...

.A31.Yearold black man presented in the emergency room with acute shortness of breath. Physical examination revealed numerous symmetrical asymptomatic firm nodules scattered over his trunk and extremities (Fig 1). Auscultation of his chest revealed diffuse intermittent rales over all lung fields. Review of systems was significant for a ten pound weight loss in the last month, increasing dyspnea...

This article contains bibliographical data concerning the rheumatic clinical manifestations in hypothyroidism: polyarthralgias, lack of recent skill of fine movements of the hands, carpal tunnel syndrome or tarsal, degenerative arthropathy or acute type (gout, chondrocalcinosis), adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder syndrome), generalized muscular stiffness, hypothyroid myopathy, secondary oste...

Adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare inflammatory systemic disease that occasionally may affect myocardium. Diagnosis is based on typical AOSD symptoms after the exclusion of well-known infectious, neoplastic, or autoimmune/autoinflammatory disorders. In the case of abrupt, recent onset AOSD, it could be particularly difficult to make the differential diagnosis and in particular to earl...

Background Systemic Sclerosis-polymyositis/dermatomyositis overlap syndrome (SSc-PM/DM) occurs in 10 to 37% of cases and has great differential diagnostic difficulties. Muscle damage SSc-PM/DM is represented by myositis with primary inflammatory necrotic alterations muscle fibers type PM/DM. Objectives To evaluate joint patients SSc-PM/DM. Methods 112 pts had idiopathic myopathies, which 73 (51...

Abstract Background/Aims Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is a para-neoplastic syndrome characterized by periosteal bone proliferation, clubbing, swelling of soft tissues and joints which frequently associated with adenocarcinoma lung. We hereby present case series two very interesting cases who were initially thought to have seropositive inflammatory arthritis, but later on investigatio...

Background Various infections can mimick inflammatory arthropathies and misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis, Spondyloarthritis or lupus. Occasionally, rare prevalent in a specific geographical region may present with arthritis their first only symptom which confuse the clinician leading to incorrect diagnosis management. Many times, such patients land up rheumatology clinic prior diagnosis. He...